尋頭路
Chinese
| to search; to look for; to seek | clue; way of doing something | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (尋頭路) | 尋 | 頭路 | |
| simp. (寻头路) | 寻 | 头路 | |
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-thèu-lu
- Hakka Romanization System: qimˇ teuˇ lu
- Hagfa Pinyim: qim2 teu2 lu4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Wu
Verb
尋頭路
- (Taiwanese Hakka) to look for a job; to seek employment
- (Jinhua Wu) to commit suicide
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 求職 (“to look for a job; to seek employment”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 找工作 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路 |
| Hong Kong | 搵工, 搵嘢做 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 尋工 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尋頭路 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尋頭路 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尋頭路 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尋頭路 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尋頭路 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尋頭路 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 揣頭路, 覓頭路 |
| Quanzhou | 揣頭路 | |
| Zhangzhou | 揣頭路 | |
| Tainan | 揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尋生意 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Dialectal synonyms of 自殺 (“to commit suicide”) [map]