刺頭

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (刺頭)		刺	頭
simp. (刺头)		刺	头
anagram		頭刺／头刺

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhtóu
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: tsz̀-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtour
    • Palladius: цытоу (cytou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìrtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋㄦ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhrtóu
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-ʼrh-tʻou²
    • Yale: tsìr-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tselltour
    • Palladius: цыртоу (cyrtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩ɻ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ tau⁴
    • Yale: chi tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

刺頭

1. spiky hairstyle
2. (colloquial) difficult person

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

Adjective

刺頭

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) fond of making trouble; fond of creating a disturbance