"當頭" meaning in Chinese

See 當頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/, /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/ Chinese transliterations: dāngtóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dong¹ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tông-thèu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tng-thâu, dāngtóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dangtóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tang¹-tʻou² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dāng-tóu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], dangtour [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дантоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dantou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dōng tàuh [Cantonese, Yale], dong¹ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dong¹ teo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tông-thèu [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dong^ˊ teu^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], dong¹ teu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], tng-thâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tng-thâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dngtaau [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 当头
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 當頭
  1. right on someone's head; overhead; head on; in someone's face; directly Derived forms: 日當頭, 日当头, 當頭一棒, 当头一棒, 當頭棒喝 (dāngtóubànghè), 当头棒喝 (dāngtóubànghè), 當頭白日, 当头白日
    Sense id: en-當頭-zh-adv--DeaxZF- Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 37 40 17 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /tɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/, /tŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/, /tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/, /tŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/, /tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/ Chinese transliterations: dàngtou [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄤˋ ˙ㄊㄡ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tǹg-thâu, dàngtou [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄤˋ ˙ㄊㄡ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dàngto̊u [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tang⁴-tʻou⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dàng-tou [Mandarin, Yale, standard], danq.tou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дантоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dantou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tǹg-thâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tǹg-thâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dngrtaau [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 当头
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 當頭
  1. pawn; something pawned; collateral; security; pledge
    Sense id: en-當頭-zh-noun-i13Qb5VA Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 37 40 17 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 77 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 80 10 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/, /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/ Chinese transliterations: dāngtóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dong¹ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tông-thèu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tng-thâu, dāngtóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dangtóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tang¹-tʻou² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dāng-tóu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], dangtour [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дантоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dantou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dōng tàuh [Cantonese, Yale], dong¹ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dong¹ teo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tông-thèu [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dong^ˊ teu^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], dong¹ teu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], tng-thâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tng-thâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dngtaau [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 当头
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 當頭
  1. to befall; to happen; to be imminent; to be facing; to be confronting Synonyms (befall): 臨頭 (líntóu), 临头 (líntóu)
    Sense id: en-當頭-zh-verb-t09SJvoA Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 37 40 17 7 Disambiguation of 'befall': 98 2
  2. to put first; to put as a priority; to consider important
    Sense id: en-當頭-zh-verb-Ifkqqtg7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "日當頭"
        },
        {
          "word": "日当头"
        },
        {
          "word": "當頭一棒"
        },
        {
          "word": "当头一棒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngtóubànghè",
          "word": "當頭棒喝"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngtóubànghè",
          "word": "当头棒喝"
        },
        {
          "word": "當頭白日"
        },
        {
          "word": "当头白日"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right on someone's head; overhead; head on; in someone's face; directly"
      ],
      "id": "en-當頭-zh-adv--DeaxZF-",
      "links": [
        [
          "overhead",
          "overhead"
        ],
        [
          "head on",
          "head on"
        ],
        [
          "directly",
          "directly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дантоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dantou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōng tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˊ teu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭"
}

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "37 40 17 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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          "confronting",
          "confronting"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "roman": "líntóu",
          "sense": "befall",
          "word": "臨頭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "roman": "líntóu",
          "sense": "befall",
          "word": "临头"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to put first; to put as a priority; to consider important"
      ],
      "id": "en-當頭-zh-verb-Ifkqqtg7",
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "priority",
          "priority"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дантоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dantou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōng tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˊ teu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "當頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 40 17 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 77 13 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 80 10 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pawn; something pawned; collateral; security; pledge"
      ],
      "id": "en-當頭-zh-noun-i13Qb5VA",
      "links": [
        [
          "pawn",
          "pawn"
        ],
        [
          "pawned",
          "pawned"
        ],
        [
          "collateral",
          "collateral"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàngtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤˋ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tǹg-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàngtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤˋ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàngto̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang⁴-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàng-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danq.tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дантоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dantou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǹg-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǹg-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngrtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "日當頭"
    },
    {
      "word": "日当头"
    },
    {
      "word": "當頭一棒"
    },
    {
      "word": "当头一棒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngtóubànghè",
      "word": "當頭棒喝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngtóubànghè",
      "word": "当头棒喝"
    },
    {
      "word": "當頭白日"
    },
    {
      "word": "当头白日"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "當頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "right on someone's head; overhead; head on; in someone's face; directly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overhead",
          "overhead"
        ],
        [
          "head on",
          "head on"
        ],
        [
          "directly",
          "directly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дантоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dantou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōng tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˊ teu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "當頭",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to befall; to happen; to be imminent; to be facing; to be confronting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "befall",
          "befall"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "imminent",
          "imminent"
        ],
        [
          "facing",
          "facing"
        ],
        [
          "confronting",
          "confronting"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to put first; to put as a priority; to consider important"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "priority",
          "priority"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-tʻou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-tóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangtour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дантоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dantou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōng tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-thèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˊ teu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ teu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "líntóu",
      "sense": "befall",
      "word": "臨頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "líntóu",
      "sense": "befall",
      "word": "临头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "當頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pawn; something pawned; collateral; security; pledge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pawn",
          "pawn"
        ],
        [
          "pawned",
          "pawned"
        ],
        [
          "collateral",
          "collateral"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàngtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤˋ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tǹg-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàngtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤˋ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàngto̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang⁴-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dàng-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danq.tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "дантоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dantou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǹg-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǹg-thâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngrtaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當頭"
}

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  "path": [
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