掉頭

See also: 掉头

Chinese

		to drop; to fall	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (掉頭)		掉	頭
simp. (掉头)		掉	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàotóu
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: dyàu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawtour
    • Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: diuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diauxtaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

掉頭

1. to turn one's head (away); to turn tail

   • 世人聞此皆掉頭，有如東風射馬耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     世人闻此皆掉头，有如东风射马耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 749, Li Bai（李白）,《答王十二寒夜獨酌有懷》, tr. Xu Yuanchong

     Shìrén wén cǐ jiē diàotóu, yǒurú dōngfēng shè mǎ ěr. [Pinyin]

     Hearing of this, people would turn their heads away,
     Just as a horse with ears hurt by east wind would neigh.

2. to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)

Synonyms

• (to turn's one head): 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu), 回頭／回头 (huítóu), 回首 (huíshǒu); (Hakka, Min Nan) 斡頭／斡头
• (to make a U-turn):

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• U轉 / U转 (yōu zhuǎn) (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 調頭 / 调头 (diàotóu)
• 跋頭 / 跋头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 踅頭 / 踅头 (Hokkien)
• 轉頭 / 转头