頭前
See also: 头前
Chinese
| head; (noun suffix) | front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (頭前) | 頭 | 前 | |
| simp. (头前) | 头 | 前 | |
| anagram | 前頭／前头 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): tou1 qie1
- Northern Min (KCR): tê-cîng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tao2 se2 / tao2 sinn2
- Southern Min
- Xiang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tóuqián
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóucián
- Wade–Giles: tʻou2-chʻien2
- Yale: tóu-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourchyan
- Palladius: тоуцянь (toucjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tóuqiánr
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tóuciánr
- Wade–Giles: tʻou2-chʻien2-ʼrh
- Yale: tóu-chyánr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourchyal
- Palladius: тоуцяньр (toucjanʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-chhièn
- Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ qienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: teu2 qian2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: teu cien
- Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tê-cîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰe³³ t͡siŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: tao2 se2 [Phonetic: tao5 le2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: táu-sá̤ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰau¹³⁻¹¹ (ɬ-)le¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: tao2 sinn2 [Phonetic: tao5 ni2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ (ɬ-)ni²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Penang, Medan, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-chêng
- Tâi-lô: thâu-tsîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: tauzeeng
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Philippines): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Penang): /tʰau²³⁻²¹ t͡seŋ²³/
- Sinological IPA (Singapore): /tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ t͡seŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-chûiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: thâu-tsuînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: tauzvuii
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tong'an)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-châiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: thâu-tsâinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: tauzvaai
- Sinological IPA (Tong'an): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sãi²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tao5 zoin5 / tao5 zain5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu tsôiⁿ / thâu tsâiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/, /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Penang, Medan, Singapore)
Note:
- tao5 zoin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- tao5 zain5 - Jieyang.
- Middle Chinese: duw dzen
Noun
頭前
- (dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Jin, Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min, Xiang) in front; ahead
- 以鋸子割所患蹄頭前正當中，斜割之，令上狹下闊，如鋸齒形。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 544 CE, Jia Sixie, Qimin Yaoshu
- Yǐ jùzi gē suǒ huàn tí tóuqián zhèngdāngzhōng, xié gē zhī, lìng shàng xiá xià kuò, rú jùchǐ xíng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
以锯子割所患蹄头前正当中，斜割之，令上狭下阔，如锯齿形。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]-
- 日本憲兵走在頭前，眼睛仿佛兩道電光，四下搜尋着，忽然停在一個白皙的穿着古銅色皮袍的靑年旅客身上。 [MSC, trad.]
- Rìběn xiànbīng zǒu zài tóuqián, yǎnjīng fǎngfó liǎng dào diànguāng, sìxià sōuxúnzhe, hūrán tíng zài yī ge báixī de chuānzhe gǔtóngsè pípáo de qīngnián lǚkè shēnshàng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
日本宪兵走在头前，眼睛仿佛两道电光，四下搜寻着，忽然停在一个白皙的穿着古铜色皮袍的青年旅客身上。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 前面 (“in front; ahead”) [map]
Derived terms
References
- “頭前”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “头前”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 526.