頭先

See also: 头先

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (頭先)		頭	先
simp. (头先)		头	先
anagram		先頭／先头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): tau⁴ sin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu³ lhen^1*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-siên
Min Nan (POJ): thâu-seng / thâu-suiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóuxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshian
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ sin¹
  - Yale: tàuh sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ xin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu³ lhen^1*
  - IPA ^(key): /heu²² ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu² xian¹
  - IPA: /tʰe̯u¹¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-seng
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-suinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² suĩ³³/

Adverb

頭先

(dialectal) firstly; originally
(dialectal) most importantly
(Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) just now; a moment ago
你唔係頭先去咗㗎咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你唔系头先去咗㗎咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ tau⁴ sin¹ heoi³ zo² gaa³ me¹? [Jyutping]
Didn't you just go?

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭先):

Vietnamese: đầu tiên (頭先)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
頭	先

Adjective

頭先

Hán tự form of đầu tiên, “first”

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