光頭

See also: 光头

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (光頭)		光	頭
simp. (光头)		光	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ tau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kông-thèu

(Meixian, Guangdong): guong¹ têu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-thâu / kuiⁿ-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangtóu
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: gwāng-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangtour
  - Palladius: гуантоу (guantou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: gwōng tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guong¹ têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kng-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngtaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kuinn-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvui'taau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

Noun

光頭

bald head; shaved head
person with a bald head; person with a shaved head

Synonyms

(bald head): 和尚頭／和尚头 (héshangtóu); (Hakka) 光頭癩／光头癞; (Hokkien) 琉璃頭／琉璃头, 烏顱／乌颅, 烏顱頭／乌颅头, 烏圓頭／乌圆头, 芋圓頭／芋圆头; (Wu) 光郎頭／光郎头; (Xiang) 光腦殼／光脑壳, 光蒂腦麼旋／光蒂脑么旋, 光蒂油
(person with a bald head):

Dialectal synonyms of 禿子 (“bald person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		禿子, 禿頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	禿子
	Taiwan	禿子
	Harbin	禿子, 禿老亮
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	禿子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	禿子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	禿子
	Wanrong	禿子
	Xi'an	禿子
	Xining	禿子
	Xuzhou	禿頭, 禿老亮
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	禿子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	禿頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	禿子, 光頭, 光頭兒, 亮蛋
	Wuhan	光頭
	Guiyang	禿子, 逛波
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	禿子
	Yangzhou	禿子
	Hefei	禿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	光頭佬 man, 光頭婆 woman, 光頭仔 boy, 光頭女 girl, 光頭
	Hong Kong	光頭佬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	光頭佬
	Macau	光頭佬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	光頭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	光頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	光頭
	Foshan	光頭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	光頭佬
	Foshan (Shunde)	光頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	光頭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	光頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	光頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	光頭佬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	光頭佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	光頭佬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	光頭佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	光頭佬
	Taishan	光頭佬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	光頭佬
	Enping (Niujiang)	光頭佬
	Heshan (Yayao)	光頭佬
	Dongguan	光頭佬, 光頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	光頭
	Yangjiang	光頭佬 man, 光頭婆 woman, 光頭仔 boy, 光頭妹 girl
Gan	Nanchang	禿頭
Gan	Lichuan	光頭
Hakka	Meixian	光頂
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	光頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	光頭那
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	光頭那
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	光頭佬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	光頭佬
Jin	Taiyuan	禿子, 禿頭
Jin	Xinzhou	禿子, 禿頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瘌頂, 禿頂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	瘌頂, 瘌頭, 瘌囝, 瘌哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	禿的, 禿頭, 禿顱, 禿頭的
	Quanzhou	禿頭, 禿驢
	Zhangzhou	禿頭
	Kaohsiung	禿額
	Yilan	禿掌
	Changhua (Lukang)	遛頭頂
	Taichung	遛頭
	Taichung (Wuqi)	和尚頭
	Tainan	和尚頭
	Taitung	禿頭
	Hsinchu	禿頭
	Penghu (Magong)	禿額的
	Chaozhou	光頭
	Jieyang	禿掌
	Haikou	光頭顱, 光頭升
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	光頭佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	光頭佬
Wu	Shanghai	禿子
	Suzhou	禿頂, 禿子, 電燈泡 humorous
	Danyang	禿頭
	Hangzhou	禿頭
	Wenzhou	禿頭
Xiang	Changsha	禿子, 禿腦殼, 禿頭
Xiang	Shuangfeng	光頭殼

Verb

光頭

to not wear a hat; to go bareheaded

Derived terms

光頭胎／光头胎 (guāngtóutāi)
光頭黨／光头党 (guāngtóudǎng)
剃光頭／剃光头 (tìguāngtóu)
十個光頭九個富／十个光头九个富 (shí ge guāngtóu jiǔ ge fù)
蔣光頭／蒋光头 (Jiǎng Guāngtóu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	頭
こう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

光(こう)頭(とう) • (kōtō)

bald-headed