盼頭

Chinese

		to hope for; to long for; to expect	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (盼頭)		盼	頭
simp. (盼头)		盼	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paan³ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàn-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pànto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: pàn-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.tou
    • Palladius: паньтоу (panʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàntour
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pànto̊ur
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴-tʻou⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: pàn-tour
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.toul
    • Palladius: паньтоур (panʹtour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paan³ tau⁴
    • Yale: paan tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paan³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pan³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: phàn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pharntaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

盼頭

1. (colloquial) something hoped for and likely to happen; good prospects

   人哪，活著總得有個盼頭兒。 [MSC, trad.]
   人哪，活着总得有个盼头儿。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rén na, huó zhe zǒng děi yǒu ge pàntour. [Pinyin]

   People need a thing hoped for in living.

Synonyms

• 出息
• 出路 (chūlù)
• 前景 (qiánjǐng)
• 前程 (qiánchéng)
• 前途 (qiántú)
• 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
• 巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)
• 憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
• 望頭／望头 (uan⁵ dou) (Xiang)
• 望頭子／望头子 (uan⁵ dou zr) (Xiang)
• 遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)
• 願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)