# 頕頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tàm-thâu / tìm-thâu / thìm-thâu / tòm-thâu
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Kaohsiung, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàm-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tàm-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: darmtaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Sanxia, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìm-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tìm-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diemtaau
*** IPA (Taipei): /tim¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yilan): /tim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kinmen, Magong, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thìm-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: thìm-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiemtaau
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tʰim¹²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /tʰim²¹⁻³³ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòm-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tòm-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dormtaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔm²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔm¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

### Verb

頕頭
* (Hokkien) to nod (one's head)
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to hang one's head low
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to greet (someone) with a nod

#### Synonyms

* (to nod):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 頷首 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 點頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 點頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 點頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 點頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 點頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 點頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 點頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 點頭兒, 點頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 點頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 點頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 點頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 點頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 點頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 點頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 點頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 岌頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 岌頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 點頭, 挫頭, 顉頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 岌頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 岌頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 點頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 岌頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 點頭, 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 岌頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頕頭 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 頷頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 頷頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 點頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 點頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頕頭, 厾頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頕頭, 厾頭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頕頭, 壋頭 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 頕頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 頕頭, 點頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 答頭, 點頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 答頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 答頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 點頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 岌頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 點頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 點頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 點頭 |