# 鎖頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suǒtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^2$ tau$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): so$^3$ têu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): só-thâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): so$^2$ tao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suǒtóu → suǒtou (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄙㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suǒto̊u
*** Wade–Giles: so$^3$-tʻou$^5$
*** Yale: swǒ-tou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoo.tour
*** Palladius: сотоу (sotou)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /su̯ɔ²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^2$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: só tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^2$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^2$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: so$^3$ têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /so³¹ tʰeu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: só-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soy'taau
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: so$^2$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: só thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /so⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

### Noun

鎖頭
* (regional) lock (device) (Classifier: 個／个 c mn-t)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鎖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鎖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 鎖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 鎖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 鎖頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鎖頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 鎖 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 鎖 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 鎖 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 鎖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鎖 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鎖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鎖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 鎖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鎖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鎖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鎖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鎖子, 鎖鎖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鎖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鎖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 鎖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鎖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鎖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鎖頭, 鎖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鎖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鎖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鎖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鎖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鎖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鎖頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 鎖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鎖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鎖 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鎖, 錔, 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鎖, 錔, 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鎖頭, 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鎖頭 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鎖 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 鎖 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鎖 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鎖 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 鎖 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 鎖頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 鎖頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鎖 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 鎖 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鎖子, 鎖 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鎖子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 鎖子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 鎖子 |
| Jin | Handan | 鎖子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鎖 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 鎖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鎖, 鎖匙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鎖頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鎖, 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鎖頭, 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鎖 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鎖頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鎖頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鎖 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 鎖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鎖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鎖 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鎖頭, 鎖 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鎖 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 鎖 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鎖 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鎖 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鎖 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鎖 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鎖 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鎖 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鎖 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鎖 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鎖 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鎖 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鎖 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 鎖 |

### References

* 蔡俊明 [Cai Junming], editor (1991), “鎖頭／锁头 (suǒtóu) so˥˧꜔꜒ t'au˥”, in 潮州方言詞滙／潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]