扒頭

Chinese

Etymology 1

		climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (扒頭)		扒	頭
simp. (扒头)		扒	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bātou

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄊㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bātou
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bato̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: bā-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.tou
    • Palladius: батоу (batou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bātour
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bato̊ur
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tʻou⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-tour
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.toul
    • Palladius: батоур (batour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²/

Noun

扒頭

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) something to hold onto when climbing; handhold

Etymology 2

		climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (扒頭)		扒	頭
simp. (扒头)		扒	头
alternative forms		爬頭／爬头

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pa² têu²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bê⁵ tao⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: pàh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pa² têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰa¹¹ tʰeu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bê⁵ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pê thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

扒⫽頭 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) to overtake (another vehicle)

   前面架車咁慢，不如扒佢頭啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   前面架车咁慢，不如扒佢头啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   cin⁴ min⁶ gaa³ ce¹ gam³ maan⁶, bat¹ jyu⁴ paa¹ keoi⁵ tau⁴ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   The car in front is so slow. Just cut in front of them!

2. (Cantonese) to jump the queue; to cut in line
3. (Cantonese) to try to be first; to do something before someone else does it

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 超車 (“to overtake another vehicle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		超車
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	超車
	Taiwan	超車
	Malaysia	割車
	Singapore	割車
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	超車
	Dagudi (Maliba)	超車
	Reshuitang (Longling)	超車
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	超車
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	超車
Cantonese	Guangzhou	扒頭
	Hong Kong	扒頭
	Dongguan	扒頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	超車
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	超車
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	超車
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	割車
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	割車
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	超車
	Móng Cái	超速
Hakka	Meixian	扒頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	割車
Southern Min	Xiamen	超車
	Penang (Hokkien)	割車
	Singapore (Hokkien)	割車
	Shantou	扒頭
	Jieyang	超車
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	割車
	Singapore (Teochew)	割車
	Pontianak (Teochew)	割車

Dialectal synonyms of 插隊 (“to cut in line; to jump the queue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		插隊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	加塞兒, 加個兒
	Taiwan	插隊
	Harbin	加心兒, 加楔子, 加楔兒
	Singapore	插隊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	加個兒
	Jinan	加楔子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	插隊
	Xi'an	插隊
	Xuzhou	加㞚子, 加㞚兒, 串溝兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	加隊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	卡輪子, 卡列子, 㮟位
	Wuhan	岔隊
	Guilin	參隊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	櫼隊, 兼隊, 打櫼, 扒頭
	Hong Kong	打櫼, 插隊, 扒頭
	Taishan	打櫼
Gan	Lichuan	櫼
	Pingxiang	櫼隊
Hakka	Meixian	櫼隊
Southern Min	Xiamen	僭擺, 僭隊, 篡擺
	Quanzhou	僭隊
	Zhangzhou	僭擺, 篡隊, 篡位
	Penang (Hokkien)	插隊
	Shantou	櫼隊, 羼隊
	Leizhou	插隊
	Haikou	櫼隊
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	插隊
Wu	Shanghai	插檔

Etymology 3

		climb; crawl; snatch climb; crawl; snatch; pull (out); to strip; hold on to; cling to; dig up; rake; push aside	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (扒頭)		扒	頭
simp. (扒头)		扒	头

Proper noun

扒頭

1. (～村) A village in Goushi, Yanshi, Luoyang, Henan, China
2. (～村) A village in Wangshi, Jianli, Jingzhou, Hubei, China