橋頭

See also: 桥头

Chinese

		bridge	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (橋頭)		橋	頭
simp. (桥头)		桥	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiô-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáotóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-tʻou²
    • Yale: chyáu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyautour
    • Palladius: цяотоу (cjaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: kìuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kiô-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kio²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kio²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

橋頭

1. bridgehead

   橋頭跳車／桥头跳车  ―  qiáotóu tiàochē  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 橋頭堡 / 桥头堡 (qiáotóubǎo)
• 船到橋頭自然直 / 船到桥头自然直 (chuán dào qiáotóu zìrán zhí)

Proper noun

橋頭

1. (～區) Ciaotou (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

   • 高雄橋頭的花海吸引遊客駐足特別的是今年還結合社區觀光讓人來看老房子聽老故事 [MSC, trad.]
     高雄桥头的花海吸引游客驻足特别的是今年还结合社区观光让人来看老房子听老故事 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016 December 13, Renovated century-old pharmacy the new tourist attraction in Kaohsiung’s Ciaotou District, at 0:15, Formosa TV

     Gāoxióng Qiáotóu de huāhǎi xīyǐn yóukè zhùzú tèbié de shì jīnnián hái jiéhé shèqū guānguāng ràng rén lái kàn lǎo fángzi tīng lǎo gùshì [Pinyin]

     Kaohsiung’s Ciaotou District has been best known for its fields of cosmos, but the district’s promotion of community-based tourism this year is now letting visitors better know old buildings and the stories behind them.

2. (～鎮) Qiaotou (a town in Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
3. (～鎮) Qiaotou (a town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China)
4. (～村) Qiaotou (a village in Futian, Wushan, Chongqing, China)

Descendants

• → English: Chiaotou, Ch'iao-t'ou, Ciaotou, Qiaotou