鴨頭

Chinese

		duck	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鴨頭)		鴨	頭
simp. (鸭头)		鸭	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yātóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yātóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yatóu
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: yā-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iatour
    • Palladius: ятоу (jatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aap³ tau⁴
    • Yale: aap tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ab³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ah-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahtaau
    • IPA (Singapore): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

Noun

鴨頭

1. head of a duck
2. (Singapore Hokkien) drake
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) glans penis

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公鴨 (“drake”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公鴨, 雄鴨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	公鴨
	Harbin	公鴨
	Singapore	公鴨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	公鴨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	公鴨巴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	公鴨
	Xi'an	公鴨子
	Xining	公鴨子
	Xuzhou	公鴨子, 鳴鴨
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	公鴨子
	Lanzhou	公鴨子
	Ürümqi	公鴨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	公鴨子, 鴨青
	Chongqing	公鴨子, 鴨青兒
	Wuhan	公鴨子
	Guiyang	公鴨
	Liuzhou	公鴨, 鴨公
	Nanning (Wuming)	公鴨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	公鴨
	Yangzhou	公鴨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨公
	Hong Kong	鴨公
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鴨公
	Macau	鴨公
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鴨公
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鴨公
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鴨公
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鴨公
	Foshan	鴨公
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鴨公
	Foshan (Shunde)	鴨公
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鴨公
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鴨公
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鴨公
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鴨公
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鴨公
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鴨公
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鴨公
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鴨公
	Taishan	鴨公
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鴨公
	Enping (Niujiang)	鴨公
	Heshan (Yayao)	鴨公
	Dongguan	鴨公
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鴨公
	Qingyuan	鴨公
	Fogang	鴨公
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鴨公
	Yangshan	鴨公
	Lianshan (Butian)	鴨公
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鴨公
	Shaoguan	鴨公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鴨公
	Renhua	鴨牯
	Lechang	鴨公
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鴨公
	Sihui	鴨公
	Guangning	鴨公
	Deqing	鴨公, 鴨斗
	Huaiji	鴨公
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鴨公
	Yunfu	鴨公
	Xinxing	鴨公
	Luoding	鴨公
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鴨公
	Xinyi	鴨公
	Lianjiang	鴨公
	Nanning	鴨公
	Nanning (Tanka)	公鴨
Gan	Nanchang	鴨公
	Lichuan	鴨公兒
	Pingxiang	鴨公
Hakka	Meixian	鴨公
	Xingning	鴨公
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鴨公
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鴨公
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鴨公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鴨公
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鴨公
	Changting	鴨公
	Yudu	鴨公
	Ruijin	鴨公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨公
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨公
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨公仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鴨公
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨公仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鴨公仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鴨公
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	鴨公
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨青
	Yilong (Ma'an)	鴨青
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	鴨公
Huizhou	Fuliang	公鴨兒
Jin	Taiyuan	公鴨子
	Xinzhou	公鴨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨雄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨雄
	Fuqing	鴨雄
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨角, 鴨哥
	Quanzhou	鴨角
	Jinjiang	鴨雄
	Zhangzhou	鴨角
	Zhao'an	鴨公
	Taipei	鴨雄仔, 鴨角
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨雄仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鴨雄仔, 鴨角, 鴨公
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨角
	Kaohsiung	鴨雄仔, 鴨角
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨雄仔, 鴨角
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鴨雄仔, 鴨角
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨雄仔, 鴨角
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鴨雄仔, 鴨角
	Yilan	正番公, 鴨雄仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨雄仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨公
	Changhua (Lukang)	鴨雄仔
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨公, 鴨雄
	Taichung	鴨角
	Tainan	番鴨角, 鴨雄仔
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨公, 鴨雄仔
	Hsinchu	鴨角仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨雄仔
	Kinmen	鴨雄, 鴨角
	Penghu (Magong)	鴨雄, 鴨角
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨雄, 鴨角
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨角, 鴨哥, 鴨頭
	Chaozhou	鴨雄
	Shantou	鴨雄
	Jieyang	鴨雄, 鴨牯
	Haifeng	鴨公
	Singapore (Teochew)	鴨雄
	Leizhou	鴨雄
	Haikou	鴨公, 鴨雄
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨公, 鴨哥
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨公, 鴨哥
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鴨公
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鴨公
	Xianyou	鴨公, 鴨角
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鴨角
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鴨公
Central Min	Yong'an	鴨公
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鴨翁
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鴨翁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	公鴨
Wu	Shanghai	雄鴨
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	雄鴨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	雄鴨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	雄鴨
	Suzhou	雄鴨, 雄鴨頭
	Danyang	公鴨
	Hangzhou	雄鴨兒
	Ningbo	雄鴨
	Wenzhou	雄鴨
	Jinhua	雄鴨
Xiang	Changsha	鴨公子, 鴨公
	Loudi	鴨公

Dialectal synonyms of 龜頭 (“glans penis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龜頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	龜頭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	龜頭
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	脧頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍頭
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍花
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍頭
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𡳞棍仔
Jin	Xinzhou	㞗頭子
Southern Min	Xiamen	龜頭
	Zhangzhou	雞頭, 鴨頭, 鴨咪
	Zhao'an	龜頭
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞𦉎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞𦉎
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞鳥頭
	Yilan (Luodong)	𡳞𦉎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞鳥頭
	Tainan	𡳞𦉎
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞鳥頭
	Jieyang	𡳞頭
Wu	Shanghai	卵頭, 卵頭子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴨	頭
こう Jinmeiyō (ateji)	とう Grade: 2
irregular	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 鴨頭 – see the following entry.

【香頭こうとう】 [noun] seasoning for 吸い物 (suimono, “clear Japanese soup”)

(This term, 鴨頭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)