斡頭

Chinese

		to turn	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (斡頭)		斡	頭
simp. (斡头)		斡	头
alternative forms		越頭／越头 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vat-thèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t-thâu

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vat-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: vad^ˋ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vad⁵ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /vat̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍t-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oadtaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /uat̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /uat̚⁵³⁻¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /uat̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

Verb

斡頭

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) to turn one's head (away); to turn tail
2. (Hakka) 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), 掉頭／掉头 (diàotóu)
• (to make a U-turn):

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

Adverb

斡頭

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) in a moment; later

Synonyms

• 待會／待会 (dāihuì)