盼頭

Chinese

		to hope for; to long for; to expect	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (盼頭)		盼	頭
simp. (盼头)		盼	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàntou

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paan³ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): phàn-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàntou
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pànto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: pàn-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.tou
  - Palladius: паньтоу (panʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàntour
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pànto̊ur
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴-tʻourh⁵
  - Yale: pàn-tour
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.toul
  - Palladius: паньтоур (panʹtour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paan³ tau⁴
  - Yale: paan tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paan³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pan³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàn-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: phàn-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pharntaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

盼頭

(colloquial) something hoped for and likely to happen; good prospects
人哪，活著總得有個盼頭兒。 [MSC, trad.]
人哪，活着总得有个盼头儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Rén na, huó zhe zǒng děi yǒu ge pàntour. [Pinyin]
People need a thing hoped for in living.

Synonyms

Synonyms of 盼頭

出息 (chūxi)
出路 (chūlù)
前景 (qiánjǐng)
前程 (qiánchéng)
前途 (qiántú)
展望 (zhǎnwàng)

巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)
憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
望頭／望头 (Xiang)
望頭子／望头子 (Xiang)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)
願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)

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