灶頭

Chinese

		kitchen stove	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (灶頭/竈頭)		灶/竈	頭
simp. (灶头)		灶	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàotou

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou³ tau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): cho-thèu

  (Hailu, HRS): zo^ˇ teu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zau⁴ têu²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chàu-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zao³ tao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsau-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàotou
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàoto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: dzàu-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaw.tou
    • Palladius: цзаотоу (czaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou³ tau⁴
    • Yale: jou tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˇ teu
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so¹¹ tʰeu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zau⁴ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsàu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zao'taau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao³ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàu thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsau-deu
    • MiniDict: tsau^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsau-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

灶頭

1. (dialectal) stove

   • 回到香積廚下看時，鍋也沒了，灶頭都塌損。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     回到香积厨下看时，锅也没了，灶头都塌损。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Huí dào xiāngjīchú xià kàn shí, guō yě méi le, zàotóu dōu tā sǔn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Cantonese, Southern Min) top of a kitchen range; kitchen range surface

Synonyms

• (top of a kitchen range):

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• 灶臺 / 灶台 (zàotái)
• 灶面子 (zau⁴ mienn⁵ zr) (Xiang)
• 鍋臺 / 锅台 (guōtái)

Derived terms

• 灶頭間 / 灶头间