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石頭

石頭

See also: 石头

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (石頭)		石	頭
simp. (石头)		石	头

Noun

石頭 (classifier 塊／块 (kuài))

stone; rock

Derived terms

石頭花／石头花 (shítouhuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	頭
いし Grade: 1	あたま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

石頭 ‎(hiragana いしあたま, romaji ishiatama)

a head as hard as a stone
stubbornness and inflexibility
an inflexible person

References

2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shítou

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄊㄡ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k-thèu
Min Nan (POJ): chio̍h-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shítou
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄊㄡ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr.tou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: sehk tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ tau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: sag teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sag⁶ teu²
  - IPA: /sak̚⁵ tʰe̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³/