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興頭

興頭

See also: 兴头

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (興頭)		興	頭
simp. (兴头)		兴	头

Noun

興頭

enthusiasm; zest; zeal; keen interest

Derived terms

沒興頭／没兴头
空興頭／空兴头

興興頭頭／兴兴头头

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xìngtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing³ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hèng-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìngtóu → xìngtou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.tour
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìngtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtoulr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing³ tau⁴
  - Yale: hing tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing³ tau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: hìng-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heangtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaʊ²³/