海頭
Chinese
| ocean; sea | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (海頭) | 海 | 頭 | |
| simp. (海头) | 海 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hai3 tao2
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hai3 tao2 [Phonetic: hai2 lao2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hâi-táu
- Sinological IPA (key): /hai⁴⁵³⁻¹³ (tʰ-)lau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hai3 tao2 [Phonetic: hai1 lao2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /hai³³²⁻⁵⁵ (tʰ-)lau²⁴/
- (Putian)
Noun
海頭
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 海濱 (“seaside”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 海邊, 海濱 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 海邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 海皮 |
| Hong Kong | 海皮, 海邊, 海旁 | |
| Dongguan | 海皮, 海邊皮 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 海脣 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 海脣, 海邊 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 海脣, 海邊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 海脣, 海邊 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 海脣, 海邊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 海脣, 海邊 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 海脣 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 海墘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 海墘, 海跤, 海口 |
| Quanzhou | 海墘, 海跤, 海口 | |
| Jinjiang | 海跤 | |
| Zhangzhou | 海墘, 海口 | |
| Taipei | 海墘, 海邊 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 海邊 | |
| Kaohsiung | 海墘仔, 海墘 | |
| Yilan | 海墘仔, 海邊 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 海墘仔, 海邊 | |
| Taichung | 海邊仔 | |
| Tainan | 海墘仔, 海邊仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 海邊 | |
| Kinmen | 海墘 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 海墘 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 海墘, 海邊 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 海墘, 海邊 | |
| Shantou | 海墘, 海邊 | |
| Jieyang | 海墘 | |
| Haikou | 海舷 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 海頭 |
| Xianyou | 海頭 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 海口 |
Derived terms
- 海頭人 / 海头人 (“people living by the sea”)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “海头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 255.