頭天

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	day; sky; heaven
trad. (頭天)		頭	天
simp. (头天)		头	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóutiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóutiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóutian
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: tóu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtian
    • Palladius: тоутянь (toutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: tàuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

頭天

1. (dialectal) previous day
2. (dialectal) first day

Synonyms

• (previous day): 前一天 (qiányītiān); (Gan, Hakka) 頭日／头日
• (first day): 首日 (shǒurì); (Hakka) 頭日／头日; (Cantonese, Min Nan) 頭一日／头一日