# 先頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiāntóu
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian$^1$ tou$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^1$ tau$^4$ / sin$^1$ tau$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-thèu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-thiô / sian-thâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāntóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siantóu
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: syān-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantour
*** Palladius: сяньтоу (sjanʹtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xian$^1$ tou$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiantou
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛn⁵⁵ tʰəu²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щянту (xi͡antu, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiæ̃²⁴ tʰou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^1$ tau$^4$ / sin$^1$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: sīn tàuh / sīn táu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^1$ tau$^4$ / sin$^1$ tau$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^1$ teo$^4$ / xin$^1$ teo$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /siːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: xien$^ˊ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xian$^1$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thiô
*** Tâi-lô: sian-thiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sientiooi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tʰio²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: sian-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sientaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

### Noun

先頭
* front; head

### Adverb

先頭
* previously; before
* (Cantonese, Sichuanese, Huicheng dialect) just now
* (Wu) originally

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 剛才, 才剛, 將才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 剛才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 剛才, 剛剛的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 才剛, 才剛剛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 剛剛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 剛才 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 才才 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 才剛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 剛才, 才剛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 頭先, 啱先 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 剛才 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 正就 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 剛啱, 舊家 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 舊先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 啱青 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 頭先, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 頭先, 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 啱啱, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 頭先, 啱啱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 剛腳, 一腳 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剛腳 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頭先, 啱先, 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 先頭, 頭先 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 正先 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 正先 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 早先 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 正先 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 早回 |
| Hakka | Changting | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頭間 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 正 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 當頭 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 正 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 剛正哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 啱 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 啱先 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 正先 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛之 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剛才, 剛剛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頃先, 頃, 頃頃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拄拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拄仔才 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頭陣仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 頭拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 麻汝, 耽仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 麻汝, 頭先, 頭早 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 站仔, 頭站仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 頭陣, 同早, 同旰 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剛才 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 同旰 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 麻汝, 頭先, 同早 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當奉囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧 |
| Wu | Danyang | 剛才, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剛剛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剛剛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭前, 頭先, 頭兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 剛剛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 當好, 才當 |
* 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
* 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
* 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 先前 ($^1$shi-zhi) (Wu)
* 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
* 最初 (zuìchū)
* 初初 (co$^1$ co$^1$) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
* 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
* 原 (yuán)
* 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
* 原先 (yuánxiān)
* 原初 (yuánchū)
* 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
* 原旦 (Hakka)
* 原本 (yuánběn)
* 原本榻裡／原本榻里 ($^6$gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
* 在本 (Hokkien)
* 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
* 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
* 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 早先 ($^5$tsau-shi) (Wu)
* 本來／本来 (běnlái)
* 本則來／本则来 ($^5$pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
* 本底 (Hokkien)
* 本底子 ($^5$pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
* 本成 (Hokkien)
* 本然 (Hokkien)
* 本生 ($^5$pen-san) (Wu)
* 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
* 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
* 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 自本 (Hokkien)
* 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
* 起先 (qǐxiān)
* 起初 (qǐchū)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 起手 (qǐshǒu)
* 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
* 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
* 開先／开先 (kai$^1$ sienn$^1$) (Xiang)
* 開初／开初 (kāichū)
* 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
* 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
* 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

### Adjective

先頭
* advance (troops, etc.)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 先 | 頭 |
| せん Grade: 1 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せんとー [sèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sẽ̞nto̞ː]

### Noun

先(せん)頭(とう) • (sentō)
* head, front, lead, first
    必(かなら)ず先頭(せんとう)が大文字(おおもじ)になる。
       Kanarazu sentō ga ōmoji ni naru.
       The first letter always gets capitalized.

#### Antonyms

* 末尾(まつび) (matsubi)

### References

* ↑ 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