睇頭

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (睇頭)		睇	頭
simp. (睇头)		睇	头

Pronunciation 1

Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² tau⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai² tau⁴
  - Yale: tái tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei² teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

睇頭

(Cantonese) qualities that make something worth seeing

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 看頭／看头 (kàntou)

Derived terms

冇睇頭／冇睇头
有睇頭／有睇头

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² tau^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai² tau^4-2
  - Yale: tái táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai² tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei² teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

睇⫽頭 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to follow the lead of others

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 隨大流／随大流 (suídàliú)

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