# 白頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báitóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ tau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-thô͘ / pe̍k-thiô / pe̍h-thâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báitóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báitóu
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: bái-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtour
*** Palladius: байтоу (bajtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: baahk tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thô͘
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pegtoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-thiô
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍k-thiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pegtiooi
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰio²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɤ²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqtaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

### Noun

白頭
* hoary head; white hair
* (medicine) whitehead
* (figurative) old age

#### Synonyms

* (hoary head): (literary) 皓首 (hàoshǒu)
* (old age):
* 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
* 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 晚年 (wǎnnián)
* 暮年 (mùnián)
* 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
* 老年 (lǎonián)
* 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
* 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
* 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
* 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
* 餘年／余年 (yúnián)

#### Derived terms

* 白頭花草／白头花草

### Adjective

白頭
* (attributive) unsigned; unstamped

#### Derived terms

* 少白頭／少白头 (shàobáitóu)
* 楊白頭／杨白头
* 白頭之歎／白头之叹
* 白頭偕老／白头偕老 (báitóuxiélǎo)
* 白頭到老／白头到老
* 白頭吟／白头吟
* 白頭如新／白头如新
* 白頭山／白头山 (Báitóushān)
* 白頭浪／白头浪
* 白頭相守／白头相守
* 白頭翁／白头翁 (báitóuwēng)
* 白頭鵯／白头鹎 (báitóubēi)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 頭 |
| しら Grade: 1 | かしら > がしら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 頭 |
| しろ Grade: 1 | かしら > がしら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しろがしら [shìrógáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [ɕiɾo̞ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

#### Noun

白(しろ)頭(がしら) or 白(しら)頭(がしら) • (shirogashira or shiragashira)
* a white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon in Noh
* light-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus sinensis

#### See also

* 黒頭(くろがしら) (kurogashira): black wig
* 赤頭(あかがしら) (akagashira): red wig

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 頭 |
| はく Grade: 1 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はくとー [hàkútóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟to̞ː]

#### Noun

白(はく)頭(とう) • (hakutō)
* a gray/grey head; a head with gray hair

##### Derived terms

* 白頭翁(はくとうおう) (hakutōō)
* 白頭山(はくとうさん) (Hakutōsan)
* 白頭鷲(はくとうわし) (hakutōwashi)

#### See also

* 白頭鳥(ひよどり) (hiyodori)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 白 | 頭 |

### Proper noun

白頭 • (Paektu) (hangeul 백두)
* hanja form of 백두 (“Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”)