苗頭

Chinese

		sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (苗頭)		苗	頭
simp. (苗头)		苗	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáotou

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu-thiô / biâu-thâu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶miau-deu₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáotou
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáoto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: miao²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: myáu-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau.tou
    • Palladius: мяотоу (mjaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: mìuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: biâu-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biau'tiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: biâu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biau'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶miau-deu₆
    • MiniDict: miau^去 deu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³miau-deu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɔ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

苗頭

1. symptom of a trend; first signs

Synonyms

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• 傾向／倾向
• 動向／动向 (dòngxiàng)
• 取向 (qǔxiàng)
• 意味 (yìwèi)
• 方向 (fāngxiàng)
• 潮流 (cháoliú)
• 走向 (zǒuxiàng)
• 趨勢／趋势 (qūshì)
• 趨向／趋向 (qūxiàng)

 

Derived terms

• 互別苗頭／互别苗头
• 別苗頭／别苗头 (biémiáotóu)
• 有苗頭／有苗头
• 軋苗頭／轧苗头