火頭

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (火頭)		火	頭
simp. (火头)		火	头

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒtóu
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-tʻou²
    • Yale: hwǒ-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huootour
    • Palladius: хотоу (xotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒtóur
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwǒ-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huootourl
    • Palladius: хотоур (xotour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² tau⁴
    • Yale: fó tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

火頭

1. (colloquial) flame
2. (colloquial) duration and degree (of heating, cooking, smelting, etc.)
3. (colloquial) anger; temper
4. (colloquial) owner of the house where a fire started
5. (colloquial) person responsible for starting a fire
6. (Cantonese) source of trouble; cause of trouble

Synonyms

• (duration and degree): 火候 (huǒhòu)
• (anger): 火氣／火气 (huǒqì)
• (owner of the house): 火主 (huǒzhǔ)
• (person responsible): 火主 (huǒzhǔ)

Derived terms

• 火頭上／火头上 (huǒtóushàng)
• 火頭軍／火头军 (huǒtóujūn)

 

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 火頭 – see 伙頭 (“cook; chef”). (This term is a variant form of 伙頭).

Korean

Hanja in this term
火	頭

Noun

火頭 • (hwadu) (hangeul 화두)

1. Hanja form^? of 화두 (“head of a wildfire”).