開頭

See also: 开头

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (開頭)		開	頭
simp. (开头)		开	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāitóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ tau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khôi-thèu

  (Hailu, HRS): koi^ˋ teu

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kai¹ tieo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-thâu / khai-thiô / khai-thâu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-deu; ¹khe ⁶deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāitóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaitóu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: kāi-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaitour
    • Palladius: кайтоу (kajtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (開頭兒 / 开头儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāitóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaitóur
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: kāi-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaitourl
    • Palladius: кайтоур (kajtour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: hōi tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˋ teu
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi⁵³ tʰeu⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kai¹ tieo² [Phonetic: kai⁵ tieo²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kai-tá̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁵³³⁻¹¹ tʰieu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kai¹ tieo² [Phonetic: kai⁵ tieo²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tʰieu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: khui-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'taau
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: khai-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'tiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: khai-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'taau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khe-deu; ¹khe ⁶deu
    • MiniDict: khe^平 deu; khe^平 deu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-deu; ¹khe ³deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/, /kʰe⁴⁴  dɤ²³/

Verb

開頭

1. to start; to begin

   以it開頭的句子／以it开头的句子  ―  yǐ it kāitóu de jùzi  ―  sentence beginning with "it"

Synonyms

• 上來／上来 (shànglái)

Noun

開頭

1. start; beginning

Synonyms

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• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
• 發端 / 发端 (fāduān)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起頭先 / 起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
• 開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開端 / 开端 (kāiduān)
• 首端 (shǒuduān)

References

• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 37.