避風頭

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	way the wind blows; wind direction; drafty place way the wind blows; wind direction; drafty place; spot that is the most windy
trad. (避風頭)		避	風頭
simp. (避风头)		避	风头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì fēngtou

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ fung¹ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī-hong-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì fēngtou
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì fongto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴ fêng¹-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: bì fēng-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih feng.tou
  - Palladius: би фэнтоу (bi fɛntou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ fung¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: beih fūng tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ fung¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ fung¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-hong-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: pī-hong-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pixhongtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Verb

避⫽風頭 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(idiomatic) to lie low and stay away from an unfavourable situation

Synonyms

避風／避风 (bìfēng)

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