浮頭

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Chinese

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Etymology 1

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to float head; (noun suffix)
trad. (浮頭)
simp. (浮头)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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浮頭

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) surface

Etymology 2

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to float head; (noun suffix)
trad. (浮頭)
simp. (浮头)
alternative forms 蒲頭蒲头 Cantonese “to show up”

Pronunciation 1

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Particularly: “Cantonese fau4 tau4 or pou4 tau4?”
Verb
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浮⫽頭 (verb-object)

  1. (of fish) to float to the surface of the water to breathe

Pronunciation 2

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Verb
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浮⫽頭 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, of objects) to float to the surface of the water
  2. (Cantonese, Teochew, colloquial, usually of a person) to show up; to appear

Pronunciation 3

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Verb
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浮頭

  1. (Hokkien) to be outstanding; to be out of the ordinary; to be very successful

Etymology 3

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phonetic
trad. (浮頭)
simp. (浮头)

Compare 浮屠 (Fútú).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (7)
Final () (136) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjuw duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /dəw/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /du/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /dəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu tóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 tau4

Noun

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浮頭

  1. Buddha
Synonyms
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