獨佔鰲頭

Chinese

		to have something all to oneself; to monopolise	head of the legendary sea-turtle; the first place
trad. (獨佔鰲頭/獨占鰲頭)		獨佔/獨占	鰲頭
simp. (独占鳌头)		独占	鳌头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúzhàn'áotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ zim³ ngou⁴ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúzhàn'áotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dújhàn-áotóu
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-chan⁴-ao²-tʻou²
  - Yale: dú-jàn-áu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwujannaurtour
  - Palladius: дучжаньаотоу (dučžanʹaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ zim³ ngou⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: duhk jim ngòuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ dzim³ ngou⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ jim³ ngou⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² t͡siːm³³ ŋou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

獨佔鰲頭

to occupy the first place

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