四字頭

Chinese

		four	radical of a Chinese character when on top; triad society
trad. (四字頭)		四	字頭
simp. (四字头)		四	字头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìzìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ zi⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-jī-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzìtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzìhtóu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: sz̀-dz̀-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzyhtour
    • Palladius: сыцзытоу (syczytou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzìtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzìhtóur
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: sz̀-dz̀-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzyhtourl
    • Palladius: сыцзытоур (syczytour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ zi⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: sei jih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ dzi⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ ji⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ t͡siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-jī-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sù-jī-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suojixtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

Noun

四字頭

1. The Chinese character component 罒.

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		四字頭, 扁四頭, 羅字頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	四字頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	四字頭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	四网頭

Dialectal synonyms of 四字頭 (“Chinese character component 罒”) [map]

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “四字頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC