鎖頭

Chinese

		to lock up; to lock	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鎖頭)		鎖	頭
simp. (锁头)		锁	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suǒtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so² tau⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): so³ têu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): só-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): so² tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suǒtóu → suǒtou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄙㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suǒto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: so³-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: swǒ-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoo.tour
  - Palladius: сотоу (sotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /su̯ɔ²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: so² tau⁴
  - Yale: só tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: so² teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: so³ têu²
  - Sinological IPA: /so³¹ tʰeu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: só-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soy'taau
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: so² tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: só thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

Noun

鎖頭

(regional) lock (device) (Classifier: 個／个 c mn-t)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鎖 (“lock (n.)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鎖
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鎖
	Taiwan	鎖, 鎖頭
	Langfang	鎖
	Harbin	鎖, 鎖頭
	Shenyang	鎖頭
	Malaysia	鎖頭
	Singapore	鎖頭
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	鎖
	Cangzhou	鎖
	Baoding	鎖
	Shijiazhuang	鎖子
	Jinan	鎖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鎖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鎖
	Daming	鎖
	Wanrong	鎖子
	Zhengzhou	鎖
	Xi'an	鎖子
	Xining	鎖子, 鎖鎖
	Xuzhou	鎖
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鎖子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	鎖子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鎖子
	Lanzhou	鎖子
	Ürümqi	鎖頭, 鎖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鎖
	Wuhan	鎖
	Guiyang	鎖
	Kunming	鎖
	Guilin	鎖
	Liuzhou	鎖頭
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	鎖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鎖
	Yangzhou	鎖
	Hefei	鎖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鎖, 錔, 鎖頭
	Hong Kong	鎖, 錔, 鎖頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鎖
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鎖
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鎖頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鎖頭
	Macau	鎖
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鎖
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鎖
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鎖
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鎖
	Foshan	鎖
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鎖
	Foshan (Shunde)	鎖
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鎖
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鎖
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鎖
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鎖
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鎖
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鎖
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鎖
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鎖
	Taishan	鎖
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鎖
	Enping (Niujiang)	鎖
	Heshan (Yayao)	鎖
	Dongguan	鎖
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鎖
	Qingyuan	鎖
	Fogang	鎖
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鎖頭
	Yangshan	鎖, 鎖頭
	Lianshan (Butian)	鎖頭
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鎖
	Shaoguan	鎖頭, 鎖
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鎖
	Renhua	鎖頭
	Lechang	鎖
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鎖
	Sihui	鎖
	Guangning	鎖
	Deqing	鎖
	Huaiji	鎖頭
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鎖
	Yunfu	鎖頭
	Xinxing	鎖
	Luoding	鎖頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鎖
	Yangjiang	鎖
	Xinyi	鎖
	Lianjiang	鎖
	Nanning	鎖
	Wuzhou	鎖
	Yulin	鎖
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鎖, 鎖頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	鎖頭
	Qinzhou	鎖, 鎖頭
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	鎖
	Beihai	鎖頭
	Beihai (Nankang)	鎖頭
	Beihai (Yingpan)	鎖頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	鎖
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	鎖頭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	鎖
Danzhou	鎖頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鎖頭
Singapore (Guangfu)	鎖頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鎖
Móng Cái	鎖
Gan	Nanchang	鎖
	Lichuan	鎖
	Pingxiang	鎖
Hakka	Meixian	鎖頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鎖
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鎖
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鎖
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	鎖頭
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	鎖頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鎖頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鎖頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鎖頭
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鎖頭
	Yudu	鎖
	Shicheng	鎖
	Shangyou (Shexi)	鎖頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鎖頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鎖頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鎖頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鎖頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鎖頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鎖頭
	Hong Kong	鎖頭
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鎖
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鎖頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	鎖
	Kuching (Hepo)	鎖頭
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	鎖頭
	Singkawang	鎖頭
Huizhou	Jixi	鎖
Huizhou	Huangshan (Tunxi)	鎖
Jin	Taiyuan	鎖子, 鎖
	Xinzhou	鎖子
	Hohhot	鎖子
	Zhangjiakou	鎖子
	Handan	鎖子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鎖
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	鎖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鎖, 鎖匙
	Fuqing	鎖頭
	Matsu	鎖
Southern Min	Xiamen	鎖, 鎖頭
	Zhangzhou	鎖, 鎖頭
	Zhao'an	鎖頭
	Dongshan	鎖頭
	Taipei	鎖
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鎖頭
	Kaohsiung	鎖頭
	Yilan	鎖, 鎖頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	鎖頭
	Taichung	鎖頭
	Tainan	鎖, 鎖頭
	Hsinchu	鎖頭
	Kinmen	鎖
	Penghu (Magong)	鎖頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鎖頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鎖頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	鎖
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鎖
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鎖
	Chaozhou	鎖頭
	Shantou	鎖頭, 鎖
	Jieyang	鎖頭
	Haifeng	鎖頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鎖
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鎖頭
	Singapore (Teochew)	鎖頭
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鎖頭
	Leizhou	鎖
	Wenchang	鎖頭
	Haikou	鎖頭
Puxian Min	Putian	鎖
Central Min	Yong'an	鎖
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鎖
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鎖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鎖頭, 鎖
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鎖
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鎖
Wu	Shanghai	鎖
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鎖
	Suzhou	鎖
	Danyang	鎖
	Hangzhou	鎖
	Ningbo	鎖
	Wenzhou	鎖
	Jinhua	鎖
Xiang	Changsha	鎖
	Loudi	鎖
	Shuangfeng	鎖
	Quanzhou	鎖

References

蔡俊明 [Cai Junming], editor (1991), “鎖頭 / 锁头 (suǒtóu) so˥˧꜔꜒ t'au˥”, in 潮州方言詞滙 / 潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學 / 香港中文大学 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]