倒頭行

Chinese

		to lie down; reversed; backwards	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (倒頭行)		倒頭	行
simp. (倒头行)		倒头	行

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): do⁴ tao² gia² / do⁴ tao² giann²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tò-thâu-kiâⁿ

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: do⁴ tao² gia² [Phonetic: do⁴ lao⁵ ia²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: deo̍-táu-giáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁴² ^(tʰ-)lau¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ia¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: do⁴ tao² giann² [Phonetic: do¹ lao⁵ iann²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ĩã²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-thâu-kiâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tò-thâu-kiânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doirtau'kviaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³⁻²² kiã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ kiã²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kiã²⁴/

Verb

倒頭行

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) to move backwards while facing forward (of people, cars, etc.)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go back or move to the opposite direction of one's destination (of cars, etc.)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to do the opposite of the proper order or rules

Synonyms

(to move backwards while facing forward): (Hokkien) 倒退行, 倒吊行
(to move to the opposite direction): (Hokkien) 倒吊行

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “倒头行”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.