# 頷頭
## Chinese
### Etymology

Compare Cantonese 岌頭／岌头 (ngap6 tau4-2, “to nod”).

### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngám-thèu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngam$^4$ têu$^2$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngám-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngam$^ˋ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngam$^3$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋam³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngam$^4$ têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/

### Verb

頷頭
* (Hakka) to nod (one's head)

#### Synonyms

* 頷首／颔首 (hànshǒu) (literary)
* 點頭／点头 (diǎntóu)
| 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 |