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甜頭

甜頭

See also: 甜头

Chinese

		sweet	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (甜頭)		甜	頭
simp. (甜头)		甜	头

Noun

甜頭

sweet taste; pleasant flavour
(figuratively) good; benefit

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiántóu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ tau^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): tiⁿ-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiántóu → tiántou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan.tour
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiántóur → tiántour (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ → ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄡ˙ㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan.toulr
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/ → /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɤʊɻʷ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tim⁴ tau^4-2
  - Yale: tìhm táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ tau^4-2
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tinn-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/