點頭

See also: 点头

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (點頭)		點	頭
simp. (点头)		点	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² tau⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): die² tou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-thâu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ti ⁶deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎntóu
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-tʻou²
    • Yale: dyǎn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deantour
    • Palladius: дяньтоу (djanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² tau⁴
    • Yale: dím tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: die² tou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tie⁵³ tʰxəu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiám-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafmtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ti ⁶deu
    • MiniDict: ti^去 deu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ti ³deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ti⁴⁴  dɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: temX duw

Rime
Character	點	頭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	添 (157)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	多忝切	度侯切
Baxter	temX	duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/temX/	/dəu/
Pan Wuyun	/temX/	/dəu/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛmX/	/dəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛmX/	/dəw/
Li Rong	/temX/	/du/
Wang Li	/tiemX/	/dəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiemX/	/dʱə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diǎn	tóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dim2	tau4

Verb

點頭

1. (literally) to nod (one's head)

   • 對月紗窓弄未休，半含嬌態半含羞。低聲暗問相思否，手整金釵笑點頭。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《佳人》 ("Beautiful Girl"), Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), c. 1830

     Dae wol sachang nong mi hyu, ban ham gyotae ban ham su. Jeoseong am mun sangsa bu, su jeong geumchae so jeomdu. [Sino-Korean]

     As we faced the moonlit window, we did not cease our tryst. She was half flirtatious and half shy. Under my breath, I asked if she would miss me. Her hand fixing her gold hairpin, she smiled and nodded yes.

2. (figuratively) to agree; to consent; to approve

Synonyms

• (to nod):

Dialectal synonyms of 點頭 (“to nod (one's head)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頷首
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		點頭
Mandarin	Taiwan	點頭
	Harbin	點頭兒
	Yantai (Muping)	點頭
	Jinan	點頭
	Xi'an	點頭
	Yinchuan	點頭
	Xining	點頭
	Ürümqi	點頭
	Wuhan	點頭
	Guiyang	點頭
	Liuzhou	點頭
	Xuzhou	點頭兒, 點頭
	Yangzhou	點頭
	Nanjing	點頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	岌頭
	Hong Kong	岌頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	岌頭
	Macau	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	岌頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	岌頭
	Foshan	岌頭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	岌頭
	Foshan (Shunde)	岌頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	岌頭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	岌頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	岌頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	岌頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	岌頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	岌頭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	岌頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	岌頭
	Taishan	岌頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	岌頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	岌頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	岌頭
	Dongguan	岌頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	岌頭
Gan	Nanchang	點頭, 挫頭, 顉頭
Hakka	Meixian	頷頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	岌頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	岌頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	點頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	岌頭
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	點頭, 頷頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	頷頭
	Wuhua (Changbu)	頷頭
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	頷頭
	Conghua (Lütian)	岌頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頷頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頷頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頷頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頷頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頷頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頕頭
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	頷頭
	Singkawang	頷頭
Huizhou	Jixi	點頭
Jin	Taiyuan	點頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	頕頭, 厾頭
	Quanzhou	頕頭, 厾頭
	Jinjiang	頕頭
	Zhangzhou	頕頭, 壋頭
	Taipei	頕頭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	頕頭
	Kaohsiung	頕頭
	Yilan	頕頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	頕頭
	Taichung	頕頭
	Tainan	頕頭
	Hsinchu	頕頭
	Kinmen	頕頭
	Penghu (Magong)	頕頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	頕頭, 點頭
	Shantou	答頭, 點頭
	Shantou (Chenghai)	答頭
	Jieyang	答頭
	Haikou	點頭
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	岌頭
Wu	Shanghai	點頭
	Suzhou	點頭
	Danyang	點頭

• (to agree):

• 允諾／允诺 (yǔnnuò)
• 同意 (tóngyì)
• 壋頭／垱头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 批准 (pīzhǔn)
• 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
• 擁護／拥护 (yōnghù)
• 答應／答应 (dāyìng)
• 認可／认可 (rènkě)
• 認同／认同 (rèntóng)
• 贊同／赞同 (zàntóng)
• 贊成／赞成 (zànchéng)
• 附合 (fùhé) (literary, to echo)
• 附和 (fùhè) (to echo)
• 附議／附议 (fùyì)
• 首肯 (shǒukěn) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to agree”):

• 回絕／回绝 (huíjué)
• 屏絕／屏绝 (bǐngjué)
• 拒 (jù) (formal, or in compounds)
• 拒絕／拒绝 (jùjué)
• 摒絕／摒绝 (bìngjué)

 

Derived terms

• 朱衣點頭／朱衣点头
• 生公說法，頑石點頭／生公说法，顽石点头
• 石點頭／石点头
• 頑石點頭／顽石点头
• 點頭之交／点头之交 (diǎntóuzhījiāo)
• 點頭哈腰／点头哈腰 (diǎntóuhāyāo)
• 點頭幌腦／点头幌脑
• 點頭會意／点头会意
• 點頭稱善／点头称善
• 點頭答應／点头答应

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (點頭):

• → Japanese: 点頭(てんとう) (tentō)
• → Korean: 점두(點頭) (jeomdu)