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關頭

關頭

See also: 关头, 寡头, and 寡頭

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (關頭)		關	頭
simp. (关头)		关	头

Noun

關頭

(Intermediate Mandarin) juncture; moment

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guāntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôan-thèu
Min Nan (POJ): koan-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guantour
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: gwāan tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ tau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôan-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan´ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ teu²
  - IPA: /ku̯an²⁴ tʰe̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koantaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/