床當頭

Chinese

		bed; couch; (a measure word)	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (床當頭/牀當頭)		床/牀	當	頭
simp. (床当头)		床	当	头

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyan² dan⁴ dou²

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jyan² dan⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯æn¹³ tan⁴⁵ təu̯¹³/

Noun

床當頭

1. (Xiang) head of a bed; bedhead

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 床頭 (“beadhead”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		床頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	床頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	床頭兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	床頭心
Cantonese	Hong Kong	床頭
	Taishan	床頭
Gan	Nanchang	床頭邊
	Pingxiang	床腦頭
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	眠床頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	眠床頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	眠床頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	眠床頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	眠床頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	眠床頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	床頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眠床頭
Southern Min	Tainan	床頭 GT
	Leizhou	床頭
	Haikou	床頭, 床頭顱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	床頭
Wu	Wenzhou	眠床頭
Xiang	Changsha	床當頭
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)