# 禿頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tūtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tuk$^1$ tau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thut-thâu / thuh-thâu / thu̍t-thâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tūtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tutóu
*** Wade–Giles: tʻu$^1$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: tū-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tutour
*** Palladius: тутоу (tutou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tuk$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: tūk tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tuk$^7$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tug$^1$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thut-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: thut-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tuttaau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thuh-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: thuh-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tuhtaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thu̍t-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: thu̍t-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tudtaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰut̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

### Noun

禿頭
* bald head
* bald person

#### Synonyms

* (bald person):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 禿子, 禿頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 禿子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 禿子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 禿子, 禿老亮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 禿子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 禿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 禿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 禿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 禿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 禿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 禿頭, 禿老亮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 禿子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 禿頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 禿子, 光頭, 光頭兒, 亮蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 光頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 禿子, 逛波 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 禿子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 禿子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 禿子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 光頭佬 man, 光頭婆 woman, 光頭仔 boy, 光頭女 girl, 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 光頭佬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 光頭佬, 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 光頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 光頭佬 man, 光頭婆 woman, 光頭仔 boy, 光頭妹 girl |
| Gan | Nanchang | 禿頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 光頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 光頂 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 光頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 光頭那 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 光頭那 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 光頭佬 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 光頭佬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 禿子, 禿頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 禿子, 禿頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 瘌頂, 禿頂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 瘌頂, 瘌頭, 瘌囝, 瘌哥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 禿的, 禿頭, 禿顱, 禿頭的 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 禿頭, 禿驢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 禿頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 禿額 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 禿掌 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 遛頭頂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 遛頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 和尚頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 和尚頭 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 禿頭 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 禿頭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 禿額的 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 光頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 禿掌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 光頭顱, 光頭升 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 光頭佬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 光頭佬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 禿子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 禿頂, 禿子, 電燈泡 humorous |
| Wu | Danyang | 禿頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 禿頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 禿頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 禿子, 禿腦殼, 禿頭 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 光頭殼 |

### Verb

禿頭
* to go bald

### See also

* 光頭／光头 (guāngtóu)
* 禿頂／秃顶 (tūdǐng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 禿 | 頭 |
| とく Hyōgai | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 禿頭／秃头 (thuwk + duw, literally “bald + head”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とくとー [tòkútóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [to̞kɯ̟̊to̞ː]

### Noun

禿(とく)頭(とう) • (tokutō)
* bald head

#### Derived terms

* 禿頭病(とくとうびょう) (tokutōbyō, “alopecia”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN