草頭黃

Chinese

		Chinese character component 艹	(surname)
trad. (草頭黃)		草頭	黃
simp. (草头黄)		草头	黄

Etymology

From the fact that the character 黄 (the simplified or variant form of 黃) has a component resembling 艹 known as 草字頭／草字头 (cǎozìtóu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Cǎotóu Huáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): Cǎotóu Huán

• Gan (Wiktionary): cau³ teu uong⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): Chǎu-tê Uâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Cǎotóu Huáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cǎotóu Huáng
    • Wade–Giles: Tsʻao³-tʻou² Huang²
    • Yale: Tsǎu-tóu Hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsaotour Hwang
    • Palladius: Цаотоу Хуан (Caotou Xuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: Cǎotóu Huán
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cao³ tou² huan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔ¹¹ tʰəɯ²⁴ xuã²⁴/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: cau³ teu uong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰɛu¹ uɔŋ³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Chǎu-tê Uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²¹ tʰe³³ uaŋ³³/

Proper noun

草頭黃

1. the surname 黃／黄

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草頭黃 (“the surname 黃”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	大肚黃
	Nanning (Wuming)	大肚黃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	草頭黃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大肚黃
	Hong Kong	大肚黃, 江夏黃
Gan	Nanchang	草頭黃
	Pengze	草頭黃
	Pingxiang	草頭黃, 共田八
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	大肚黃, 草頭黃, 井田黃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大肚黃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大肚黃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大腹黃, 草頭黃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大肚黃
Wu	Danyang	共田黃
	Jinhua	大肚黃, 草頭黃