探頭

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (探頭)		探	頭
simp. (探头)		探	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tâm-thèu / thâm-thèu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-thâu / tham-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàntóu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: tàn-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanntour
  - Palladius: таньтоу (tanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàntóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàntóur
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: tàn-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanntourl
  - Palladius: таньтоур (tanʹtour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ tau⁴
  - Yale: taam tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tâm-thèu / thâm-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: dam^ˊ teu^ˇ / tam^ˊ teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dam¹ teu² / tam¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tam²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/, /tʰam²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tham-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tamtaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

探⫽頭 (verb-object)

to pop one's head in; to crane one's neck

Derived terms

探頭探腦 / 探头探脑 (tàntóutànnǎo)
探頭縮腦 / 探头缩脑
探頭舒腦 / 探头舒脑
鬼探頭 / 鬼探头

Noun

探頭

(electronics) probe (on a detector etc.)