寡頭

See also: 寡头

Chinese

		few; widowed	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (寡頭)		寡	頭
simp. (寡头)		寡	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kóa-thâu / kóaⁿ-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎtóu
    • Wade–Giles: kua³-tʻou²
    • Yale: gwǎ-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goatour
    • Palladius: гуатоу (guatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa² tau⁴
    • Yale: gwá tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóa-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kuá-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaftaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóaⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kuánn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaftaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

Noun

寡頭

1. oligarch

   在民主社會中，是不容許寡頭壟斷政經市場的。 [MSC, trad.]
   在民主社会中，是不容许寡头垄断政经市场的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài mínzhǔ shèhuì zhōng, shì bù róngxǔ guǎtóu lǒngduàn zhèngjīng shìchǎng de. [Pinyin]

   In a democratic society, oligopoly in the political and economic markets is not allowed.

Derived terms

• 寡頭壟斷 / 寡头垄断 (guǎtóu lǒngduàn)
• 寡頭政治 / 寡头政治 (guǎtóu zhèngzhì)
• 財政寡頭 / 财政寡头 (cáizhèng guǎtóu)
• 金融寡頭 / 金融寡头 (jīnróng guǎtóu)

Related terms

• 多頭／多头 (duōtóu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寡頭):

• → Japanese: 寡(か)頭(とう) (katō)
• → Korean: 과두(寡頭) (gwadu)

References

• “寡頭”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寡	頭
か Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠to̞ː]

Noun

寡(か)頭(とう) • (katō) 

1. oligarch

Korean

Hanja in this term
寡	頭

Noun

寡頭 • (gwadu) (hangeul 과두)

1. hanja form^? of 과두 (“oligarch”)