到頭

Chinese

		to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (到頭)		到	頭
simp. (到头)		到	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): to-thèu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtour
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (到頭兒／到头儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàotóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtourl
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou³ tau⁴
  - Yale: dou tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou³ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: to-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: do teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: do⁴ teu²
  - IPA: /to⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/

Verb

到頭

(physical and figuratively) to reach the end; to come to an end

Derived terms

一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
到頭來／到头来 (dàotóulái)

善惡到頭終有報／善恶到头终有报
恩愛夫妻不到頭／恩爱夫妻不到头

Japanese

Kanji in this term
到	頭
とう Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [to̞ːto̞ː]

Adverb

到頭 (hiragana とうとう, rōmaji tōtō)

finally; at last; reaching a head
とうとう春 (はる)が来 (き)た。
Tōtō haru ga kita.
Spring is finally here.

Synonyms

遂 (つい)に (tsui ni)

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