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勢頭

勢頭

See also: 势头

Chinese

		conditions; influence; tendency	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (勢頭)		勢	頭
simp. (势头)		势	头

Noun

勢頭

power; momentum; tendency; trend
situation; the look of things

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sì-thâu / sè-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shìtóu → shìtou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄕˋ ㄊㄡ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.tour
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    事頭／事头
    勢頭／势头
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtoulr
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ tau⁴
  - Yale: sai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ tau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-thâu / sè-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: sì-thâu / sè-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'taau, sea'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/, /se²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/, /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ¹³/, /se²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/, /se¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaʊ²³/, /se²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaʊ²³/