# 回頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huítóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$ tau$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-thèu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-thâu / hôe-thiô / hê-thâu
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$we-deu$_6$ / $^2$we-deu$_2$ / $^2$vi-deu$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huítóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huéitóu
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: hwéi-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweitour
*** Palladius: хуэйтоу (xuejtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: wùih tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˇ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^2$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: huê-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'taau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-thiô
*** Tâi-lô: huê-thiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'tiooi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: hê-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: he'taau
*** IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we-deu$_6$
*** MiniDict: we$^去$ deu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue-deu$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² dɤ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Haining)
*** Wugniu: $^2$we-deu$_2$
*** MiniDict: we$^平$ deu$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦue²² døy³³/
*** Sinological IPA (Haining): /ɦue¹¹ dɤɯ⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Songjiang)
*** Wugniu: $^2$vi-deu$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /βi¹⁵ dɯ⁵³/

### Verb

回頭
* (literally) to turn round; to turn one's head back
    回頭看／回头看 ― huítóu kàn ― to look back
    From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》
    Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]
    But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.
* (figuratively) to repent
* (literary or Northern Wu) to decline (a request); to reject; to turn down
* (Northern Wu) to tell; to inform
* (Northern Wu) to part with; to say goodbye to
* (Northern Wu) to dismiss; to fire

#### Synonyms

* (to turn round): 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu), 掉頭／掉头 (diàotóu), 回首 (huíshǒu); (Hakka, Min Nan) 斡頭／斡头; (Hokkien) 踅頭／踅头
* (to repent):
* 悔 (huǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 悔恨 (huǐhèn)
* 悔悟 (huǐwù)
* 悔過／悔过 (huǐguò)

#### Derived terms

* 一步一回頭／一步一回头 (yībù yīhuítóu)
* 吃回頭草／吃回头草 (chī huítóucǎo)
* 回頭客／回头客 (huítóukè)
* 回頭是岸／回头是岸 (huítóu shì àn)
* 回頭率／回头率 (huítóulǜ)
* 回頭見／回头见 (huítóu jiàn)
* 好馬不吃回頭草／好马不吃回头草 (hǎo mǎ bù chī huítóu cǎo)
* 打回頭／打回头 (dǎhuítóu)
* 敗子回頭／败子回头 (bàizǐhuítóu)
* 浪子回頭金不換／浪子回头金不换 (làngzǐ huítóu jīn bù huàn)
* 開弓沒有回頭箭／开弓没有回头箭 (kāigōng méiyǒu huítóu jiàn)

### Adverb

回頭
* later
    回頭見！／回头见！ ― Huítóu jiàn! ― See you later!

### Noun

回頭
* (literary) letter in reply

#### Synonyms

* 回信 (huíxìn)
* (Hokkien) 回批

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 回 | 頭 |
| かい Grade: 2 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠ito̞ː]
* Homophones: 回答, 会頭, 解答, 解凍, 解党, 快投, 解糖, 会党, 怪盗, 快刀

### Noun

回(かい)頭(とう) • (kaitō)
* turning around (a ship), changing course