船頭

See also: 船头

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (船頭)		船	頭
simp. (船头)		船	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuántóu

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sòn-thèu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chûn-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zung⁵ tao⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-deu; ⁶zoe ⁶deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuántóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuántóu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-tʻou²
  - Yale: chwán-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwantour
  - Palladius: чуаньтоу (čuanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: syùhn tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sòn-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: son^ˇ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: son² teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /son¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsûn-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuntaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zung⁵ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsûng thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-deu; ⁶zoe ⁶deu
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 deu; zoe^去 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-deu; ³zoe ³deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² dɤ⁴⁴/, /zø³³ dɤ²³/

Noun

船頭

the bow of a ship or boat
(Teochew) pier; wharf; dock; quay

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 碼頭 (“pier; wharf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		碼頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	碼頭
	Taiwan	碼頭
	Singapore	碼頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	碼頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	碼頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	碼頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	碼頭
	Wuhan	碼頭
	Guilin	碼頭
	Liuzhou	碼頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	碼頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	碼頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碼頭, 埗頭
	Hong Kong	碼頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	碼頭, 渡頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	碼頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	碼頭
	Dongguan	埠頭
	Yangjiang	碼頭, 埠頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	碼頭
	Singapore (Guangfu)	碼頭
Gan	Nanchang	碼頭
	Lichuan	碼頭
	Pingxiang	碼頭
Hakka	Meixian	碼頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	碼頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碼頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碼頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碼頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碼頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碼頭
	Hong Kong	碼頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	碼頭
	Singkawang	碼頭
Huizhou	Jixi	碼頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	碼頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碼頭
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	碼頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	碼頭, 埠頭
	Taipei	渡船頭, 港口, 碼頭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	碼頭
	Kaohsiung	碼頭
	Yilan	港口, 碼頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	碼頭
	Taichung	碼頭
	Tainan	港口, 碼頭
	Hsinchu	碼頭
	Kinmen	碼頭
	Penghu (Magong)	碼頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	碼頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碼頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	碼頭
	Chaozhou	碼頭
	Shantou	碼頭, 船頭
	Shantou (Chenghai)	船頭
	Jieyang	船頭, 碼頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	碼頭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	碼頭
	Pontianak (Teochew)	碼頭
	Haikou	埠頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	埠頭
Wu	Shanghai	碼頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	碼頭
	Suzhou	碼頭
	Hangzhou	碼頭
	Ningbo	碼頭
	Wenzhou	碼頭, 碼道, 碼道頭, 埠頭, 船埠頭
	Jinhua	碼頭, 埠頭 rough
Xiang	Changsha	碼頭
	Loudi	碼頭
	Shuangfeng	碼頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
船	頭
Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Noun

船頭(せんどう) • (sendō)

boatman, ferryman

Idioms

船頭多(せんどうおお)くして船山(ふねやま)に登(のぼ)る (sendō ōku shite fune yama ni noboru)