頭先

See also: 头先

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Note: tao5 sain1 - Jieyang.

Adverb

頭先

  1. (dialectal, including Hokkien) firstly; originally
  2. (dialectal) most importantly
  3. (dialectal, including Hokkien, Puxian Min) just; just now; a moment ago
    唔係頭先 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔系头先 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 m4 hai6 tau4 sin1 heoi3 zo2 gaa3 me1? [Jyutping]
    Didn't you just go?
  4. (Teochew) first; before
  5. (Puxian Min) in front; at the head

Synonyms

  • (first): (xiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭先):
  • Vietnamese: đầu tiên (頭先)

References

  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “頭先”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “頭先”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • Entry #4217”, 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), “头先”, 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 657.
  • 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), “头先”, 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 528.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

頭先

  1. chữ Hán form of đầu tiên (first)