搖頭

See also: 摇头

Chinese

		shake; to rock	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (搖頭)		搖	頭
simp. (摇头)		摇	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèu-thèu
• Northern Min (KCR): iâu-tê
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-thâu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yau ⁶deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáotóu
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-tʻou²
    • Yale: yáu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yautour
    • Palladius: яотоу (jaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: yìuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieuˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieuˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iâu-tê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³ tʰe³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: iô-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yau ⁶deu
    • MiniDict: yau^去 deu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhiau ³deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ³³  dɤ²³/

Verb

搖頭

1. to shake one's head (to signal disagreement)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 擰頭／拧头, 揈頭／揈头
• (Hokkien) 幌頭／幌头
• (Xiang) 搖腦殼／摇脑壳

Derived terms

• 搖頭丸／摇头丸 (yáotóuwán)
• 搖頭嘆息／摇头叹息
• 搖頭擺尾／摇头摆尾
• 搖頭擺腦／摇头摆脑 (yáotóubǎinǎo)
• 搖頭晃腦／摇头晃脑 (yáotóuhuàngnǎo)
• 擺尾搖頭／摆尾摇头