白頭

See also: 白头

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (白頭)		白	頭
simp. (白头)		白	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báitóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-thô͘ / pe̍k-thiô / pe̍h-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báitóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báitóu
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻou²
    • Yale: bái-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtour
    • Palladius: байтоу (bajtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: baahk tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegtoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thiô
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegtiooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰio²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

白頭

1. hoary head; white hair
2. (medicine) whitehead
3. (figurative) old age

Synonyms

• (hoary head): (literary) 皓首 (hàoshǒu)
• (old age):

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 暮年 (mùnián)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

 

Derived terms

• 白頭花草／白头花草

 

Adjective

白頭

1. (attributive) unsigned; unstamped

Derived terms

• 少白頭／少白头 (shàobáitóu)
• 楊白頭／杨白头
• 白頭之歎／白头之叹
• 白頭偕老／白头偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo)
• 白頭到老／白头到老
• 白頭吟／白头吟
• 白頭如新／白头如新
• 白頭山／白头山 (Báitóushān)
• 白頭浪／白头浪
• 白頭相守／白头相守
• 白頭翁／白头翁 (báitóuwēng)
• 白頭鵯／白头鹎 (báitóubēi)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	頭
しら Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
白	頭
しろ Grade: 1	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しろが​しら [shìrógáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

白(しろ)頭(がしら) or 白(しら)頭(がしら) • (shirogashira or shiragashira) 

1. a white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon in Noh

See also

• 黒頭(くろがしら) (kurogashira): black wig
• 赤頭(あかがしら) (akagashira): red wig

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	頭
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくとー [hàkútóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝto̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)頭(とう) • (hakutō) 

1. a gray/grey head; a head with gray hair

See also

• 白頭鷲(はくとうわし) (hakutōwashi)
• 白頭翁(はくとうおう) (hakutōō)
• 白頭山(はくとうさん) (Hakutōsan)
• 白頭鳥(ひよどり) (hiyodori)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	頭

Proper noun

白頭 • (Paektu) (hangeul 백두)

1. Hanja form^? of 백두 (“Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”).