頭銜

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	hold in mouth; nominal office
trad. (頭銜)		頭	銜
simp. (头衔)		头	衔
anagram		銜頭／衔头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ haam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-hâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóusián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-hsien²
    • Yale: tóu-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshyan
    • Palladius: тоусянь (tousjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ haam⁴
    • Yale: tàuh hàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ haam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ham⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ haːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-hâm
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-hâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'haam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² ham¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ ham²³/

Noun

頭銜

1. title (as a sign of rank, profession, etc.)

Synonyms

• 銜頭／衔头 (xiántóu)