# 抬頭
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 抬頭

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táitóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^4$ tau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tai$^1$ tou$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thâi-thâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^5$ tao$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-deu; $^6$de $^6$deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táitóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táitóu
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: tái-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairtour
*** Palladius: тайтоу (tajtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: tòih tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tai$^1$ tou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰai¹¹ tʰəu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâi-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: thâi-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tai'taau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^5$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâi thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-deu; $^6$de $^6$deu
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ deu; de$^去$ deu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-deu; $^3$de $^3$deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² dɤ⁴⁴/, /de³³ dɤ²³/

#### Verb

抬⫽頭 (verb-object)
* to look up; to raise one's head
    From: 陳奕迅 (Eason Chan), 《今日》
    toi$^4$ tau$^4$ baa$^6$, soeng$^1$ seon$^3$ oi$^3$ nei$^5$ bin$^6$ nang$^4$ fei$^1$! [Jyutping]
    Look high! When you believe in love, you can soar in the sky!
* (figurative) to gain ground; to take hold (again)
    From: 17 October 2016, 全民基本收入之爭：是當米蟲的藉口，還是鼓勵工作的動力？, 傑瑞, 報橘
    Xiǎnrán zài mùqián shīyèlǜ gāozhàng yǐjí rénmín yìshì táitóu xià, jīngjìxuéjiā jiéjìn sīsuǒ, jīběn shōurù jiūjìng shì ràng rénxìng fāhuī gāi yǒu jiàzhí huò zǒuxiàng yīlài zhī lù. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (figurative, in traditional letters) to leave a space for, or to write on a new line, the name of or words related to a revered person

##### Synonyms

* (to look up):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抬頭, 昂首, 昂頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 抬頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 抬頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 抬頭兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 抬頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 抬頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 抬頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 抬頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 抬頭, 仰面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰臉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 抬頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 抬頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 抬頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 抬頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 抬頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 抬頭, 揚頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 抬頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 抬頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 抬頭, 揚頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 仰頭, 仰臉兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 抬頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 抬頭, 仰起頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 抬等腦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 抬得腦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 抬頭, 揚頭, 揚臉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 仰頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 抬頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 抬頭, 𠽒頭, 𠽒臉兒, 揚頭, 揚臉兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 抬頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 抬頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 抬頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 抬頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 抬頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 抬腦殼, 抬頭, 揚起腦殼, 把腦殼望起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 抬頭, 抬起腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 望腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 抬起腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 抬腦殼, 望腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 昂頭, 望起腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面, 揚頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰面, 昂頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 抬頭, 抬起腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 抬頭, 抬腦殼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 抬頭, 抬腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 昂腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 抬頭, 昂頭, 仰頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 抬頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 抬起腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 抬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 抬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 抬頭, 仰臉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 抬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 抬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 抬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 抬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 抬頭, 仰頭, 仰腦殼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 提頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 擔頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 擔高頭, 昂高頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 𩓥高頭, 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 𩓥高頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 𩓥高頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 𩓥頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 擔頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 𩓥高頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 𩓥起頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𩓥起頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𩓥起頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𩓥起頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 𩓥高頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 擔高頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 𩓥高頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 抬頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 抬頭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 擔起腦殼, 望起腦殼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 臥頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 𩓥高頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 擔高頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 擔起頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 擔高頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 抬起頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 擔起腦蓋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 擎頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 擎頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 擎頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 擎頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 擎頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 抬頭, 抬起頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 抬頭, 抬起頭, 仰頭 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Jin | Datong | 抬頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 擔起頭, 擔起得腦 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 抬頭, 仰腦 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 抬頭, 抬得腦 |
| Jin | Linhe | 抬頭 |
| Jin | Jining | 抬頭 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 抬頭 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 抬頭 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 仰頭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 抬頭, 仰頭 |
| Jin | Handan | 抬頭 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 揚頭 |
| Jin | Suide | 抬頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頭𩓥懸去, 頭𩓥起 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攑頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 攑頭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 攑頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 攑頭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 攑頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 擔頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 擔頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 擔頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 抬頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 抬頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 抬頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 抬頭, 𩓥起頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 抬頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 抬頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 頭抬起 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭㑚起 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 擔起腦殼 |

##### Derived terms

* 抬頭不見低頭見／抬头不见低头见 (táitóu bùjiàn dītóu jiàn)
* 抬頭挺胸／抬头挺胸
* 抬頭紋／抬头纹 (táitóuwén)
* 龍抬頭／龙抬头

### Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English title. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táitóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^4$ tau$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táitóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táitóu
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: tái-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairtour
*** Palladius: тайтоу (tajtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: tòih tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-deu
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² dɤ⁴⁴/

#### Noun

抬頭
* space on bills or receipts for writing the name of the payee or buyer