頭油

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	oil; sly
trad. (頭油)		頭	油
simp. (头油)		头	油
anagram		油頭／油头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ jau⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tao² iu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶deu-yeu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóuyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóuyóu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-yu²
  - Yale: tóu-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touryou
  - Palladius: тоую (touju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    頭油 / 头油
    頭由 / 头由
    投郵 / 投邮
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ jau⁴
  - Yale: tàuh yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tao² iu² [Phonetic: tao⁵ iu²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: táu-iú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau¹³⁻¹¹ iu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tao² iu² [Phonetic: tao⁵ iu²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶deu-yeu
  - MiniDict: deu^去 yeu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-hhieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

頭油

hair oil; pomade

Synonyms

髮油／发油 (fàyóu)
(Hokkien) 頭毛油／头毛油

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), “头油”, 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 526.