犁頭

Chinese

		plough	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (犁頭)		犁	頭
simp. (犁头)		犁	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lítóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lài-thèu

  (Hailu, HRS): lai teu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lai² têu²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lôe-thâu / lê-thâu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li² tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lítóu → lítou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄌㄧˊ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: li²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: lí-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li.tour
    • Palladius: литоу (litou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /li³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lítóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lítóur
    • Wade–Giles: li²-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: lí-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: litourl
    • Palladius: литоур (litour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: làih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lài-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lai^ˇ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lai² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lai̯¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lai teu
    • Sinological IPA: /lai⁵⁵ tʰeu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lai² têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /laɪ¹¹ tʰeu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lôe-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: luê-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loe'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Jinjiang): /lue²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: lê-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le'taau
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: li² tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹³ tʰəu̯¹³/

Noun

犁頭

1. ploughshare; share
2. (dialectal) plough

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 犁鏵 (“ploughshare; share”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		犁鏵, 犁鏵, 犁頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	犁兒鍀子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	犁鏵
	Wanrong	犁鏵
	Xuzhou	犁鏵, 犁頭, 犁鏵頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	犁鏵
	Ürümqi	犁鏵
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	犁頭尖子
	Guiyang	犁盤, 犁尖
	Liuzhou	犁頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	犁頭
	Yangzhou	犁鏵, 犁頭, 犁尖子, 犁頭尖子
Cantonese	Dongguan	犁頭
Gan	Lichuan	犁頭, 犁嘴
	Pingxiang	犁嘴
Hakka	Meixian	犁頭
	Yudu	犁頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	犁頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	犁頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	犁頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	犁頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	犁頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	犁頭
Huizhou	Jixi	犁尖
Jin	Xinzhou	鏵子, 犁鏵子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	犁箬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犁頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	犁頭
	Jinjiang	犁頭
	Leizhou	犁頭
	Haikou	犁頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	犁頭
Wu	Shanghai	犁刀
	Suzhou	犁頭
	Danyang	犁頭
	Hangzhou	犁頭
	Wenzhou	犁尖
	Jinhua	犁頭
Xiang	Changsha	犁頭
	Loudi	犁嘴