湯頭

Chinese

		soup; hot water	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (湯頭)		湯	頭
simp. (汤头)		汤	头

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thng-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tangtóu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: tāng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tangtour
    • Palladius: тантоу (tantou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: tōng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thng-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: thng-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tngtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

湯頭

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) prescription for a medical decoction
2. cooked soup stock
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) taste of soup

Synonyms

• 丹方 (dānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 仙方 (xiānfāng) (magical prescription)
• 偏方 (piānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 古方 (gǔfāng) (ancient prescription)
• 單方／单方 (dānfāng) (in TCM)
• 土方 (tǔfāng) (folk prescription)
• 方劑／方剂 (fāngjì) (in TCM)
• 方子 (fāngzi) (in TCM)
• 良方 (liángfāng) (effective prescription)
• 藥單／药单 (yàodān)
• 藥方／药方 (yàofāng)
• 處方／处方 (chǔfāng)
• 處方箋／处方笺 (chǔfāngjiān) (literary)
• 複方／复方 (fùfāng) (in TCM)
• 配方 (pèifāng)
• 醫方／医方 (yīfāng)
• 驗方／验方 (yànfāng) (proved recipe in TCM)

 

Proper noun

湯頭

1. (～村) Tangtou (a village in Gangwei, Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)