頭由

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
trad. (頭由)		頭	由
simp. (头由)		头	由
anagram		由頭／由头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ jau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóuyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóuyóu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-yu²
  - Yale: tóu-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touryou
  - Palladius: тоую (touju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    頭油／头油
    頭由／头由
    投郵／投邮
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ jau⁴
  - Yale: tàuh yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

頭由

(dialectal) pretext

Synonyms

事由 (shìyóu)
口實／口实 (kǒushí)
幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
由頭／由头
盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)

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