傾首

Chinese

		to overturn; to collapse; to lean to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (傾首)		傾	首
simp. (倾首)		倾	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shou³
    • Yale: chīng-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshoou
    • Palladius: циншоу (cinšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

傾首

1. (literary) to lower one's head (as a sign of submission)
2. (literary) to raise one's head (as a sign of admiration)