# 領頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐngtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^5$ tau$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): liàng-tê
* Eastern Min (BUC): liāng-tàu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niá-thâu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐngtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐngtóu
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^3$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: lǐng-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liingtour
*** Palladius: линтоу (lintou)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^5$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: líhng tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^5$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^5$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liàng-tê
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ⁴² tʰe³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liāng-tàu
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iaŋ³³⁻²¹ $^{(tʰ-)}$nau⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niá-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: niá-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: niaftaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /niã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin-deu
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² dɤ⁴⁴/

### Verb

領頭
* (colloquial) to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example

#### Synonyms

* 帶頭／带头 (dàitóu)
* 打頭陣／打头阵 (dǎ tóuzhèn)
* 拉頭纜／拉头缆 (laai$^1$ tau$^4$ laam$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 拍頭陣／拍头阵 (pah$^4$ tao$^5$ ding$^7$) (Teochew)
* 㧣頭陣／㧣头阵 (Hokkien)
* 擎頭／擎头 (Hakka)
* 牽頭／牵头 (qiāntóu)
* 率先 (shuàixiān)
* 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)

#### Derived terms

* 領頭羊／领头羊 (lǐngtóuyáng)

### Noun

領頭
* (literary) leader; chief; chieftain
* (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Wu) collar (of a shirt)

#### Synonyms

* (leader):
* 大佬 (dàlǎo)
* 波士
* 老大 (lǎodà)
* 老頂／老顶
* 阿head
* 阿大 (ādà)
* 阿頭／阿头
* 領導／领导 (lǐngdǎo)
* 領導人／领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
* 領導者／领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
* 領袖／领袖 (lǐngxiù)
* 頭／头
* 頭仔／头仔 (Hakka)
* 頭兒／头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
* 頭子／头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
* 頭目／头目 (tóumù)
* 頭頭／头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
* 首腦／首脑 (shǒunǎo)
* 首要 (shǒuyào)
* 首領／首领 (shǒulǐng)
* 龍頭／龙头 (lóngtóu)
* (collar):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 領子, 衣領 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 領子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 領子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 領子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 領兒, 領子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 領子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 領子, 領兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 領 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 領子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 領子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 領子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 領子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 領子, 領, 衣領 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 領 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 衣領 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 領子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 領子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 領子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 衫領, 領 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 衫領, 領 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 衫領 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 領 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 領 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 領子, 領褂子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 衫領仔, 衫領 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 衫領哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Changting | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 衫領子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 風領 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 領子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 衫領 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 領仔, 衫領仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 領仔, 衫領仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 領仔, 衫領仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 領, 衫領 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 領仔, 衫領仔, 衫領 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 領, 衫領 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 衫領 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 領子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 領頭, 脰領, 領 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 領頭, 脰領, 領 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 衫領, 領 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 衫領, 領 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 衫仔領, 頷仔領 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 領, 衫仔領 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頷領 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 領 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 頷領 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 頷頸領 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頷仔領 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 領, 頷領, 頷仔領 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頷頸領 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 領 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 領 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 衫領 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 衫領 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 頷領 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 頷領, 衫頷, 衫頷領 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 頷領 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 衫領, 領 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 衫領 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 領頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 領頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 領頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 領 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 領兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 領頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭頸領, 領 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 衣領 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |