頭繩

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	rope
trad. (頭繩)		頭	繩
simp. (头绳)		头	绳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóushéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ sing^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóushéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóushéng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-shêng²
    • Yale: tóu-shéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toursherng
    • Palladius: тоушэн (toušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (頭繩兒／头绳儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóushéngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóushéngr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-shêng²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tóu-shéngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toursherngl
    • Palladius: тоушэнр (toušɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ̃ɻ³⁵/

Note: tóushéngr - string for binding a plait, bun, etc..

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ sing^4-2
    • Yale: tàuh síng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ sing^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ xing^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

頭繩

1. string for binding a plait, bun, etc.
2. (dialectal) knitting wool

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛線 (“knitting wool; wool yarn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛線
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	毛線
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	毛線
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛線
	Wanrong	毛線
	Xi'an	毛線
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	絨線, 絨
	Guiyang	毛線, 頭繩 dated
	Liuzhou	冷
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	絨線, 頭繩 dated, 扎綆 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毛冷, 冷
	Hong Kong	毛冷, 冷
	Taishan	冷
	Dongguan	冷
Gan	Nanchang	頭繩子
	Pingxiang	毛線, 洋紅繩, 毛繩, 繩子
Hakka	Meixian	羊毛索
Jin	Taiyuan	毛線
	Xinzhou	毛線子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊毛索
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊毛
	Tainan	膨紗
	Shantou	羊毛
	Jieyang	羊毛線, 羊毛紗, 羊毛
	Leizhou	冷
	Haikou	冷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冷
Wu	Shanghai	絨線, 頭繩 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	頭繩
	Danyang	絨線
	Hangzhou	絨線
	Ningbo	絨線
	Wenzhou	絨
	Jinhua	毛線
Xiang	Changsha	洋繩子

Derived terms

• 絨頭繩／绒头绳 (róngtóushéng)
• 頭繩衣／头绳衣