頭先

See also: 头先

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (頭先)		頭	先
simp. (头先)		头	先
anagram		先頭／先头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): tau⁴ sin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu³ lhen^1*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-siên
Min Nan (POJ): thâu-seng / thâu-suiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóuxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshian
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ sin¹
  - Yale: tàuh sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ xin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu³ lhen^1*
  - IPA ^(key): /heu²² ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu² xian¹
  - IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-seng
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-suinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² suĩ³³/

Adverb

頭先

(dialectal) firstly; originally
(dialectal) most importantly
(Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) just; just now; a moment ago
你唔係頭先去咗㗎咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你唔系头先去咗㗎咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ tau⁴ sin¹ heoi³ zo² gaa³ me¹? [Jyutping]
Didn't you just go?

Synonyms

(just now):

Synonyms of 頭先

前拄仔 (Min Nan)
剛剛／刚刚 (gānggāng)
剛才／刚才 (gāngcái)
啱先 (Cantonese, Hakka)
啱啱 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
才 (cái) (Min Nan)
拄 (zhǔ) (Min Nan)
拄仔 (Min Nan)
拄仔才 (Min Nan)

拄才 (Min Nan)
拄拄 (Min Nan)
拄拄仔 (Min Nan)
盡拄仔／尽拄仔 (Min Nan)
站仔 (Min Nan)
頭下／头下 (Hakka)
頭先／头先 (tóuxiān) (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan)
頭拄仔／头拄仔 (Min Nan)
頭站仔／头站仔 (Min Nan)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭先):

→ Vietnamese: đầu tiên (頭先)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
頭	先

Adjective

頭先

Hán tự form of đầu tiên (“first”).

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