有頭有尾

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	head; (noun suffix)	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	tail
trad. (有頭有尾)		有	頭	有	尾
simp. (有头有尾)		有	头	有	尾
Literally: “there is a head, there is a tail”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒutóuyǒuwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ tau⁴ jau⁵ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-thâu-ū-bóe / ū-thâu-ū-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒutóuyǒuwěi [Phonetic: yǒutóuyóuwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒutóuyǒuwěi
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-tʻou²-yu³-wei³
    • Yale: yǒu-tóu-yǒu-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoutouryeouwoei
    • Palladius: ютоуювэй (jutoujuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ tau⁴ jau⁵ mei⁵
    • Yale: yáuh tàuh yáuh méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ tau⁴ jau⁵ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ teo⁴ yeo⁵ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Tainan, Yilan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-thâu-ū-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: ū-thâu-ū-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxtau'uxboea
    • IPA (Yilan): /u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ u³³⁻²¹ bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ u³³⁻²¹ bue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²¹³⁻³³ u³³⁻¹¹ buɛ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² u²²⁻²¹ bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ u³³⁻¹¹ bue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-thâu-ū-bé
    • Tâi-lô: ū-thâu-ū-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxtau'uxbea
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /u⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² u⁴¹⁻²² be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²² u²²⁻²¹ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ u³³⁻¹¹ be⁵³/

Idiom

有頭有尾

1. to have a beginning and an end; to carry things through; to see something to completion

Related terms

• 有頭無尾／有头无尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi)
• 無頭無尾／无头无尾 (wútóuwúwěi)