# 樹頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shùtóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^6$ tau$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): su-thèu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu$^4$ tao$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiū-thâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shùtóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shùtóu
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^4$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: shù-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhtour
*** Palladius: шутоу (šutou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: syuh tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^6$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: su teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^4$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^4$ tao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu⁴² tʰau¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^4$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: ciu$^1$ lao$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiū-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: tshiū-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiuxtaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

### Noun

樹頭
* (literary or Southern Min) top of a tree; branches of a tree
* (Hakka, Southern Min, Puxian Min) root (of a tree)
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Puxian Min) tree stump

#### Synonyms

* (root): 樹根／树根 (shùgēn); (Gan) 樹蔸／树蔸; (Jin) 樹根子／树根子
* (tree stump):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 樹墩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 樹墩兒, 樹墩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 樹墩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 樹疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 樹墩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 桲子墩子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 樹墩子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 樹疙蔸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 樹頭, 樹墩 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 樹頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 樹蔸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 樹頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 樹樁 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 樹圪墩, 圪墩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 樹蔸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 樹頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 樹頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 樹頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 樹頭, 樹墩 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 樹頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 樹頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 樹樁 |
| Wu | Danyang | 樹樁樁 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 樹樁 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 樹樁 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 樹臀兒 |

#### Derived terms

* 樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱／树头徛予在，毋惊树尾做风台 (chhiū-thâu khiā hō͘ chāi, m̄ kiaⁿ chhiū-bóe chò-hong-thai) (Min Nan)
* 死貓吊樹頭，死狗放水流／死猫吊树头，死狗放水流
* 食果子拜樹頭／食果子拜树头

### Proper noun

樹頭
* (～村) Shutou (a village in Wudian, Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “树头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 105.