鰲頭

Chinese

		sea turtle	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鰲頭)		鰲	頭
simp. (鳌头)		鳌	头

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “唐宋时翰林学士、承旨等官朝见皇帝时立于镌有巨鳌的殿陛石正中，因称入翰林院为上鳌头。”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: áotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: áotóu
  - Wade–Giles: ao²-tʻou²
  - Yale: áu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aurtour
  - Palladius: аотоу (aotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngou⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: ngòuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: gô-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goi'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

鰲頭

(literally) head of the legendary sea-turtle
(figurative) the first place

Derived terms