帶頭

Chinese

		band; belt; girdle band; belt; girdle; ribbon; area; zone; region; wear; carry; lead; bring; consists of; show; and	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (帶頭)		帶	頭
simp. (带头)		带	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàitóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai³ tau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tai-thèu

(Meixian, Guangdong): dai⁴ têu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tòa-thâu / tài-thiô / tài-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): dua³ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàitóu
  - Wade–Giles: tai⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: dài-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daytour
  - Palladius: дайтоу (dajtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai³ tau⁴
  - Yale: daai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tai-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: dai teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dai⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tai̯⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dai⁴ têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /taɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòa-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tuà-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doartaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tài-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: tài-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dae'tiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tài-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tài-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dae'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dua³ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuà thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

帶⫽頭 (verb-object)

to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example
這至少需要有人先出來帶個頭才行啊。 [MSC, trad.]
这至少需要有人先出来带个头才行啊。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhìshào xūyào yǒu rén xiān chūlái dài ge tóu cái xíng a. [Pinyin]
At least someone needs to come out and take the lead.

Synonyms

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打頭陣 / 打头阵 (dǎ tóuzhèn)
拉頭纜 / 拉头缆 (laai¹ tau⁴ laam⁶) (Cantonese)
拍頭陣 / 拍头阵 (pah⁴ tao⁵ ding⁷) (Teochew)
㧣頭陣 / 㧣头阵 (Hokkien)
擎頭 / 擎头 (Hakka)
牽頭 / 牵头 (qiāntóu)
率先 (shuàixiān)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
領頭 / 领头 (lǐngtóu) (colloquial)

Derived terms

帶頭人 / 带头人 (dàitóurén)
帶頭羊 / 带头羊 (dàitóuyáng)

Related terms

帶動／带动 (dàidòng)