踅頭

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (踅頭)		踅	頭
simp. (踅头)		踅	头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍h-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

踅頭

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, table, etc.)

Synonyms

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• U轉 / U转 (yōu zhuǎn) (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 掉頭 / 掉头 (diàotóu)
• 調頭 / 调头 (diàotóu)
• 跋頭 / 跋头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 轉頭 / 转头