# 榔頭
## Chinese
### Etymology

From 狼頭／狼头 (literally "wolf's head"), based on the shape of a hammer.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lángtou
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): long$^4$ tau$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$laon-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lángtou
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lángto̊u
*** Wade–Giles: lang$^2$-tʻou$^5$
*** Yale: láng-tou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang.tou
*** Palladius: лантоу (lantou)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: long$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: lòhng tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: long$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: long$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$laon-deu
*** MiniDict: laon$^去$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$laan-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɑ̃²² dɤ⁴⁴/

### Noun

榔頭
* hammer (often a large one) (Classifier: 把 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 錘子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 錘子, 榔頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 錘子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 錘, 鐵錘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 錘子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 釘錘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 釘錘兒, 錘錘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 釘錘, 錘子, 榔頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 榔頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 錘子, 釘錘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 錘仔, 錘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 手錘 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 錘仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 錘仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 普頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 錘, 斧頭仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 錘 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鐵錘 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 錘仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 錘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 釘錘子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 錘仔, 鐵錘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 錘子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鐵錘仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鐵錘囝, 鐵錘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鐵錘, 鐵釘仔錘, 錘仔, 錘 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鐵錘, 錘仔, 錘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鐵錘, 鐵釘仔錘, 錘仔, 錘 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 摃錘仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鐵錘, 錘 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鐵錘, 釘錘 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鐵錘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 榔頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 榔頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鞋錘兒, 錘兒, 榔頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 錘子, 釘錘子, 釘錘 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 錘子 |

#### Derived terms

* 東一榔頭，西一棒槌／东一榔头，西一棒槌

#### Descendants

* → Manchu: ᠯᠠᠩᡨᡠ (langtu)
* → Mongolian: лантуу (lantuu)