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頓首

頓首

See also: 顿首

Chinese

		a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (頓首)		頓	首
simp. (顿首)		顿	首

Verb

頓首

(archaic) to kowtow

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dùnshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Min Nan (POJ): tùn-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dùnshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duennshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùn-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tùn-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duonsiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tun²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tun²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tun¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tun²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiu⁴¹/