"來頭" meaning in All languages combined

See 來頭 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /laɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɔːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /lai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 来头 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 來頭
  1. connections; backing
    Sense id: en-來頭-zh-noun-BZGJt7DC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 23 22 22 6 6
  2. position; standing
    Sense id: en-來頭-zh-noun-Mg7CebJy Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 23 22 22 6 6
  3. reason; cause; motive
    Sense id: en-來頭-zh-noun-VRElvBpN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 23 22 22 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 22 30 21 3 3
  4. power; influence
    Sense id: en-來頭-zh-noun-Fo8fygby Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 23 22 18 31 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 23 22 22 6 6
  5. interest; fun
    Sense id: en-來頭-zh-noun-zd4B7YyN
  6. benefit
    Sense id: en-來頭-zh-noun-6XRpYZwN
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      ],
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          "connections",
          "connections"
        ],
        [
          "backing",
          "backing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 23 22 22 6 6",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "position; standing"
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      "id": "en-來頭-zh-noun-Mg7CebJy",
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          "position",
          "position"
        ],
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          "standing",
          "standing"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 30 21 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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      ],
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          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "22 23 22 22 6 6",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        "power; influence"
      ],
      "id": "en-來頭-zh-noun-Fo8fygby",
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "interest; fun"
      ],
      "id": "en-來頭-zh-noun-zd4B7YyN",
      "links": [
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "fun",
          "fun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "benefit"
      ],
      "id": "en-來頭-zh-noun-6XRpYZwN",
      "links": [
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láitou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lâi-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láitou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láito̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai²-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lái-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai.tou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lajtou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лайтоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòih tàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lâi-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lâi-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai'taau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "來頭"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 來",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "来头",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "connections",
          "connections"
        ],
        [
          "backing",
          "backing"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "position",
          "position"
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        [
          "standing",
          "standing"
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      ],
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          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "power; influence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "interest; fun"
      ],
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        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "fun",
          "fun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "benefit"
      ],
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        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láitou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lâi-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láitou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láito̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai²-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lái-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai.tou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lajtou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лайтоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòih tàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi⁴ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lâi-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lâi-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lai'taau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "來頭"
}

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