鰲頭

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): gô-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: áotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aurtour
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngou⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: ngòuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: gô-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goi'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /go²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /go²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /go¹³⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /go²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gɤ²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

鰲頭

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

Derived terms

佔鰲頭／占鳌头
獨佔鰲頭／独占鳌头

鰲頭獨佔／鳌头独占

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