# 大頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ tau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-thâu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$du-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóu
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: dà-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtour
*** Palladius: датоу (datou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: daaih tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxtaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$du-deu
*** MiniDict: du$^去$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$du-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² dɤ⁴⁴/

#### Noun

大頭
* big head
    From: Part of a well-known nursery rhyme.
    Dàtóu dàtóu, xiàyǔ bù chóu. Rénjiā yǒu sǎn, nǐ yǒu dàtóu. [Pinyin]
    Big head, big head, when it rains you're not worried it's said. Others have umbrellas, you have a big head. (A child might use this jingle to make fun of another child with an unusually large head.)
* head mask
* person who was ripped off; person deceived on account of his or her generosity; squanderer; spendthrift

##### Synonyms

* (person who was ripped off): 冤大頭／冤大头 (yuāndàtóu)

##### Derived terms

* 做大頭／做大头
* 傻大頭／傻大头
* 冤大頭／冤大头 (yuāndàtóu)
* 大頭佛／大头佛
* 大頭兒／大头儿
* 大頭兵／大头兵
* 大頭子／大头子
* 大頭照／大头照 (dàtóuzhào)
* 大頭目／大头目
* 大頭芥／大头芥
* 大頭菜／大头菜 (dàtóucài)
* 大頭蛙／大头蛙
* 大頭蝦／大头虾
* 大頭覺／大头觉
* 大頭針／大头针 (dàtóuzhēn)
* 大頭面目／大头面目
* 大頭鬼／大头鬼
* 大頭魚／大头鱼 (dàtóuyú)
* 大頭鰱／大头鲢 (dàtóulián)
* 抓大頭／抓大头
* 捉大頭／捉大头
* 攬大頭／揽大头
* 袁大頭／袁大头 (yuándàtóu)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-thâu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$du-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóu
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: dà-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtour
*** Palladius: датоу (datou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: daaih táu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ teo$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxtaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$du-deu
*** MiniDict: du$^去$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$du-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² dɤ⁴⁴/

#### Noun

大頭
* silver dollar with the head of Yuan Shikai (as used in the early years of the Republic of China)
* (Cantonese) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)
* (Cantonese) zoomed in photograph of one's face

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 袁大頭, 大頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 袁大頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 袁大頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 袁大頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老人頭, 袁大頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 袁大頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 袁大頭, 袁大腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 袁大頭, 明山大洋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 袁頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 大頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大頭, 袁頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 大頭, 袁頭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 大腦殼 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 大腦蓋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 袁大頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大得腦兒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大頭, 大袁頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 大頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 大頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 袁大頭, 大頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 大頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 袁大頭, 大頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 大頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大頭 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鱅 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鱅, 鱅魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胖頭, 胖頭兒魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 胖頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 大頭鰱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 胖頭魚, 大頭鰱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 胖頭魚, 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 胖頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 胖頭魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 胖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 胖頭魚, 鰱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 胖頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 胖頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 胖頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 胖頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 胖頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 大頭鰱 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚, 鰱子魚, 鰱子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 胖頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 胖頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 大頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 花鰱 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 大頭魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 大頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 白鰱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 胖頭魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 鰱魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鰱魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 胖頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 大頭鰱子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鰱子兒魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 鰱魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大頭魚, 大頭鰱子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 胖頭鰱子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 花鰱, 大頭鰱子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 胖頭魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 白鰱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 大頭鰱 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 鰱巴䱶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 胖頭魚, 鰱子魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 胖頭魚, 鰱子魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 大頭鰱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 胖頭魚, 胖頭, 家魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 大頭鰱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 大頭白鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 白鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 胖頭魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 胖頭魚, 大頭魚, 大頭鰱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 大頭魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 鰱魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 鱅魚, 鰱子魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 鰱魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 花鰱, 皂鰱, 大頭鰱, 大頭鰱子, 大頭魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大頭鰱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 胖頭魚, 大頭鰱子, 大頭鰱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 大頭鰱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 草鰱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 胖頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 胖頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 胖頭鰱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 胖頭, 花鰱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大魚, 大頭魚, 大頭, 鱅魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 大魚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鱅魚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鱅魚, 大頭鱅 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 胖頭魚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鱅仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鱅子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 大頭鰱 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鱅魚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 胖頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 㞞胖頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 胖頭魚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 大頭魚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大頭鰱, 白鰱 |
| Jin | Jining | 大頭鰱子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 胖頭魚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 面魚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 胖頭魚 |
| Jin | Handan | 胖頭魚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 冇頭魚, 冇頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大頭鰱 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 大頭鰱 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 大頭鰱 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 大頭鰱, 烏魴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 松魚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 大頭鱅 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 大頭鱅, 鱅, 鱅魚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 大頭鱅, 大頭魚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鱅魚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大頭魚, 蟲魚 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 大腦牯魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 花鰱, 胖頭魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 黃連頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 花鰱 |
| Wu | Danyang | 大頭魚, 花鰱 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 胖頭魚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 花鰱 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大頭魚, 松鰱, 松鰱頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 大頭松 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鱅魚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鱅魚 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 大頭鰱魚 |

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-thâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóu
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: dà-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtour
*** Palladius: датоу (datou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàtóur
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàtóur
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-tʻou$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dà-tóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtourl
*** Palladius: датоур (datour)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: daaih táu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ teo$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxtaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

#### Noun

大頭
* main part; bigger portion
* important figure; big shot

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 頭 |
| おお Grade: 1 | かしら > がしら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Noun

大(おお)頭(がしら) • (ōgashira)
* (usually written with hiragana only) big head; person with a large head.
* decorative black flagpole tassel made from the hair of a yak’s tail, horse’s tail, ox tail, etc., or from hemp.
* leader of a group.
* (ornithology) puffbird (Bucconidae).
* (sports) the first makushita rikishi listed in the sumo banzuke.