"掉頭" meaning in Chinese

See 掉頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/, /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/, /tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/, /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/, /tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: diàotóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], diu⁶ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tiāu-thâu, diàotóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], diàotóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tiao⁴-tʻou² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dyàu-tóu [Mandarin, Yale], diawtour [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дяотоу [Mandarin, Palladius], djaotou [Mandarin, Palladius], diuh tàuh [Cantonese, Yale], diu⁶ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], diu⁶ teo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tiāu-thâu [Hokkien, POJ], tiāu-thâu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], diauxtaau [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 掉頭
  1. to turn one's head (away); to turn tail Synonyms (to turn's one head): 轉頭 (zhuǎntóu), 转头 (zhuǎntóu), 回頭 (huítóu), 回头 (huítóu), 回首 (huíshǒu), 斡頭 [Hakka, Min-Nan], 斡头 [Hakka, Min-Nan]
    Sense id: en-掉頭-zh-verb-krhLQf2l Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of "to turn's one head": 90 10
  2. to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)
    Sense id: en-掉頭-zh-verb-Pv4xSSif Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: U轉 (yōu zhuǎn) [Malaysia, Singapore], U转 (yōu zhuǎn) [Malaysia, Singapore], 調頭 (diàotóu), 调头 (diàotóu), 跋頭 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 跋头 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 踅頭 [Hokkien], 踅头 [Hokkien], 轉頭, 转头

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          "word": "转头"
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          "roman": "huítóu",
          "sense": "to turn's one head",
          "word": "回頭"
        },
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          "roman": "huítóu",
          "sense": "to turn's one head",
          "word": "回头"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "roman": "huíshǒu",
          "sense": "to turn's one head",
          "word": "回首"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "sense": "to turn's one head",
          "tags": [
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          "turn about",
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "diàotóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu⁶ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tiāu-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diàotóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diàotóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiao⁴-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dyàu-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diawtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дяотоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "djaotou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diuh tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu⁶ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu⁶ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiāu-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiāu-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diauxtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōu zhuǎn",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "U轉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōu zhuǎn",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "U转"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "diàotóu",
      "word": "調頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "diàotóu",
      "word": "调头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "跋頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "跋头"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踅頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踅头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "轉頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "转头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掉頭"
}
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to turn one's head (away); to turn tail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "turn tail",
          "turn tail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)"
      ],
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        [
          "U-turn",
          "U-turn"
        ],
        [
          "turn about",
          "turn about"
        ],
        [
          "turn around",
          "turn around"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diàotóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu⁶ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tiāu-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diàotóu"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diàotóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiao⁴-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dyàu-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diawtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дяотоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "djaotou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diuh tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu⁶ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diu⁶ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiāu-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiāu-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diauxtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiau²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhuǎntóu",
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "word": "轉頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuǎntóu",
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "word": "转头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huítóu",
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "word": "回頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huítóu",
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "word": "回头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huíshǒu",
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "word": "回首"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "斡頭"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to turn's one head",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "斡头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōu zhuǎn",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "U轉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōu zhuǎn",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "U转"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diàotóu",
      "word": "調頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diàotóu",
      "word": "调头"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "跋頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "跋头"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踅頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "踅头"
    },
    {
      "word": "轉頭"
    },
    {
      "word": "转头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掉頭"
}

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