剃頭

Chinese

		shave	head
trad. (剃頭)		剃	頭
simp. (剃头)		剃	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tìtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ tau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thi-thèu

(Hailu, HRS): ti^ˇ teu

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): te⁴ teu²
Jin (Wiktionary): ti³ tou¹
Eastern Min (BUC): tié-tàu
Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): ti⁶ tao²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thih-thâu / thì-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ti³ tao⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵thi ⁶deu / ⁵thi ²deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìtóu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: tì-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihtour
  - Palladius: титоу (titou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai³ tau⁴
  - Yale: tai tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti teu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti^ˇ teu
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ tʰeu⁵⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: te⁴ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰe⁵⁴ tʰəɯ²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ti³ tou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰi⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tié-tàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ti⁶ tao² [Phonetic: ti¹ lao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tī-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thih-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihtaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thì-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: thì-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tie'taau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ti³ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thì thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thi ⁶deu
  - MiniDict: thi^去 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thi ³deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁴⁴ dɤ²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thi ²deu
  - MiniDict: thi^去 deu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰi⁵¹ døy²²³/

Verb

剃頭

to have one's hair shaved
to have one's haircut; to have a haircut

Synonyms

(to have one's haircut):

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剪髮 / 剪发 (jiǎnfà)
理髮 / 理发 (lǐfà)

Dialectal synonyms of 理髮 (“to have a haircut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理髮
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理髮, 剃頭
	Harbin	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Singapore	剪頭髮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	推頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	理髮, 剃頭, 剪頭, 剪頭髮
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	剃頭, 理髮
	Wanrong	推頭, 理髮
	Xi'an	剃頭, 理髮
	Xining	剃頭, 理髮
	Xuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	剃頭, 理髮, 剪腦殼, 砍腦殼 humorous
	Chongqing	理髮, 剃頭
	Wuhan	剃頭, 理髮
	Guiyang	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Liuzhou	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shanglin (Sanli)	飛頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剪頭
	Yangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 理髮
	Hefei	剃頭, 理髮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛髮
	Hong Kong	飛髮, 剪頭髮, 剪髮, 剪頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	磨頭, 剃頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	剃頭
	Macau	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Foshan	飛髮
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛髮
	Foshan (Shunde)	飛髮
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛髮
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	剪髮, 剃頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛髮, 剪髮
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛髮, 剃頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	刮頭, 飛髮
	Taishan	剪毛, 剪頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	刮頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	刮頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	剃頭
	Dongguan	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	剃頭
	Yangjiang	剃頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛髮
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛髮
	Beihai	飛髮
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛髮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飛髮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	剪髮, 飛髮, 理髮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	剪頭髮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飛髮
	Móng Cái	剃頭, 飛髮
Gan	Nanchang	剃頭, 理髮
Gan	Lichuan	剃頭
Hakka	Meixian	飛髮, 飛毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剃頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剃頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	剃頭
	Luhe	剃頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剃頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剃頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剃頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	剃頭
	Hong Kong	剃頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪髮
	Singkawang	剪毛
Huizhou	Jixi	剃頭
Jin	Taiyuan	剃頭, 理髮
Jin	Xinzhou	剃頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剃頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭髮 of a female
Southern Min	Xiamen	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Quanzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Jinjiang	剃頭
	Zhangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭鬃 usually of a female
	Tainan	剃頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	剪頭, 剪頭毛
	Chaozhou	剃頭, 剪頭
	Shantou	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Jieyang	剃頭, 鉸毛, 剪毛, 剪頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	剃頭
	Singapore (Teochew)	鉸頭毛
	Leizhou	剃頭, 車毛
	Haikou	剃頭
Puxian Min	Putian	剃頭, 剪髮
Puxian Min	Xianyou	剃頭, 剪髮
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	剃頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	剃頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剃頭, 飛髮
Wu	Shanghai	剃頭, 剃頭髮, 軋頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	剃頭
	Suzhou	剃頭
	Danyang	剃頭, 剪頭
	Hangzhou	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭髮 of a female
	Ningbo	剃頭
	Wenzhou	剃頭
	Jinhua	剃頭
Xiang	Changsha	剃頭, 剃頭殼
Xiang	Shuangfeng	剃頭殼

Derived terms

一日剃頭，三日緣投 / 一日剃头，三日缘投
剃頭做衫，當面眏輕 / 剃头做衫，当面眏轻
剃頭刀 / 剃头刀 (tìtóudāo)
剃頭囝 / 剃头囝
剃頭嫲 / 剃头嫲
剃頭子 / 剃头子
剃頭師 / 剃头师
剃頭店 / 剃头店 (tìtóudiàn)
剃頭廠子 / 剃头厂子
剃頭椅 / 剃头椅
剃頭的 / 剃头的 (tìtóude)
惡剃頭 / 恶剃头
歹剃頭 / 歹剃头
袂曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚 / 袂晓剃头，拄著胡须
鬼剃頭 / 鬼剃头 (guǐtìtóu)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “剃头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 537.
“Entry #4230”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “剃头”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 650.