劈頭

Chinese

		split in two; divide; hack split in two; divide; hack; chop; split open	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (劈頭)		劈	頭
simp. (劈头)		劈	头
alternative forms		闢頭／辟头 “at first; in the beginning”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pītóu

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pek³ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pītóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pitóu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: pī-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pitour
  - Palladius: питоу (pitou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pek³ tau⁴
  - Yale: pek tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pek⁸ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pég³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛːk̚³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Adverb

劈頭

straight on the head; right in the face
at the very start; in the beginning

Synonyms

(at the very start):

Synonyms of 劈頭

先前 (Wu)
初初 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
在本 (Min Nan)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
早先 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
本底 (Min Nan)
本底子 (Wu, dated)
本成 (Min Nan)
本然 (Min Nan)
本生 (běnshēng) (Wu)
自本 (Min Nan)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)

起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Min Nan)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (Wu)
寢頭／寝头 (Min Nan)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本則來／本则来 (Wu, dated)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Min Nan)
舊底／旧底 (Min Nan)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開先／开先 (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Min Nan)
頭起先／头起先 (Min Nan)
頭頭 (Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan)

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