磕頭
Appearance
See also: 磕头
Chinese
[edit]to tap; knock | head; (noun suffix) | ||
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trad. (磕頭) | 磕 | 頭 | |
simp. (磕头) | 磕 | 头 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hap6 tau4
- Jin (Wiktionary): kah4-5 tou1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha̍p-thâu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ketóu
- Wade–Giles: kʻo1-tʻou2
- Yale: kē-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ketour
- Palladius: кэтоу (kɛtou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hap6 tau4
- Yale: hahp tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hap9 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: heb6 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: kah4-5 tou1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ tʰəu¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha̍p-thâu
- Tâi-lô: kha̍p-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: qabtaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰap̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
[edit]磕頭
- to kowtow; to kneel and bow low enough to touch one's forehead to the ground
- (Hokkien) to ram one's head; to hit one's head (against something)