自頭

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (自頭)		自	頭
simp. (自头)		自	头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-thâu / chīr-thiô

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-thiô
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tʰio²⁴/

Adverb

自頭

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) from the start; from the beginning; from the get-go

Synonyms

• 從頭／从头 (cóngtóu)
• (Hokkien) 對頭 / 对头

Verb

自頭

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to start from oneself (used in mahjong or other games in rolling a die to decide who goes first)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “自頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #2814”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.