# 推頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tuītóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi$^1$ tau$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$the-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuītóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tueitóu
*** Wade–Giles: tʻui$^1$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: twēi-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueitour
*** Palladius: туйтоу (tujtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: teoi$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: tēui tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toey$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: têu$^1$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$the-deu
*** MiniDict: the$^平$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$the-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

### Verb

推頭
* (colloquial) to cut someone's hair (as with clippers); to give or have a haircut
* (automotive, colloquial) to understeer

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 理髮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 理髮, 剃頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 剪頭髮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 推頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 理髮, 剃頭, 剪頭, 剪頭髮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 剃頭, 理髮, 推頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 推頭, 理髮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 剃頭, 剪頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剃頭, 理髮, 推頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 剃頭, 理髮, 剪腦殼, 砍腦殼 humorous |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 理髮, 剃頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 飛頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 剪頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剃頭, 剪頭, 理髮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 飛髮, 剪頭髮, 剪髮, 剪頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 磨頭, 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 剪髮, 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 飛髮, 剪髮 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 飛髮, 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 刮頭, 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 剪毛, 剪頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 刮頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 刮頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 剃頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 剪髮, 飛髮, 理髮 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 剪頭髮 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 飛髮 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 飛髮, 飛毛 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 剃頭 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 剪髮 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 剪毛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剃頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剃頭, 理髮 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 剃頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 剃頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 剃頭, 剪頭髮 of a female |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 剃頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭鬃 usually of a female |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 剃頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鉸頭毛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鉸頭毛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 剪頭, 剪頭毛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 剃頭, 剪頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剃頭, 鉸毛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 剃頭, 鉸毛, 剪毛, 剪頭 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 剃頭, 鉸毛 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 剃頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 剃頭, 車毛 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 剃頭 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 剃頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 剃頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 剃頭, 飛髮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剃頭, 剃頭髮, 軋頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 剃頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剃頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 剃頭, 剪頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭髮 of a female |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剃頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 剃頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 剃頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剃頭, 剃頭殼 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 剃頭殼 |

### Noun

推頭
* (Wu) excuse; pretext

#### Synonyms

* 事由 (shìyóu)
* 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
* 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
* 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
* 由子 (yóuzi)
* 由頭／由头
* 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
* 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
* 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
* 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
* 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)