興頭

See also: 兴头

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (興頭)		興	頭
simp. (兴头)		兴	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hèng-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngtóu → xìngtou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: syìng-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.tour
    • Palladius: синтоу (sintou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngtóur
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syìng-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtourl
    • Palladius: синтоур (sintour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing³ tau⁴
    • Yale: hing tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: hìng-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heangtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

興頭

1. enthusiasm; zest; zeal; keen interest

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 興頭子／兴头子

Derived terms

• 沒興頭 / 没兴头
• 空興頭 / 空兴头
• 興興頭頭 / 兴兴头头