有頭有尾

Chinese

	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	head; (noun suffix)	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	tail
trad. (有頭有尾)	有	頭	有	尾
simp. (有头有尾)	有	头	有	尾
Literally: “there is a head, there is a tail”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒutóuyǒuwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ tau⁴ jau⁵ mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-thâu-ū-bóe / ū-thâu-ū-bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒutóuyǒuwěi [Phonetic: yǒutóuyóuwěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒutóuyǒuwěi
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-tʻou²-yu³-wei³
  - Yale: yǒu-tóu-yǒu-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoutouryeouwoei
  - Palladius: ютоуювэй (jutoujuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ tau⁴ jau⁵ mei⁵
  - Yale: yáuh tàuh yáuh méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ tau⁴ jau⁵ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ teo⁴ yeo⁵ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Tainan, Yilan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-thâu-ū-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: ū-thâu-ū-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxtau'uxboea
  - IPA (Yilan): /u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ u³³⁻²¹ bue⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ u³³⁻²¹ bue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²¹³⁻³³ u³³⁻¹¹ buɛ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² u²²⁻²¹ bue⁵³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ u³³⁻¹¹ bue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-thâu-ū-bé
  - Tâi-lô: ū-thâu-ū-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxtau'uxbea
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /u⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² u⁴¹⁻²² be⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² u²²⁻²¹ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ u³³⁻¹¹ be⁵³/

Idiom

有頭有尾

to have a beginning and an end; to carry things through; to see something to completion

Related terms

有頭無尾 / 有头无尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi)
無頭無尾 / 无头无尾 (wútóuwúwěi)