# 浮頭
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fútóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fútóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fútóu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: fú-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwutour
*** Palladius: футоу (futou)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fútóur
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fútóur
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-tʻou$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fú-tóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwutourl
*** Palladius: футоур (futour)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

#### Noun

浮頭
* (dialectal Mandarin) surface

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fútóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pu$^5$ tao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fútóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fútóu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: fú-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwutour
*** Palladius: футоу (futou)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pu$^5$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Cantonese fau4 tau4 or pou4 tau4?”

##### Verb

浮⫽頭 (verb-object)
* (of fish) to float to the surface of the water to breathe

#### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$ tau$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pu$^5$ tao$^5$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pou$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: pòuh tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pou$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pou$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pu$^5$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

##### Verb

浮⫽頭 (verb-object)
* (Cantonese, of objects) to float to the surface of the water
* (Cantonese, Teochew, colloquial, usually of a person) to show up; to appear

#### Pronunciation 3

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-thâu / phú-thâu
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: phû-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phu'taau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phú-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: phú-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phw'taau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

##### Verb

浮頭
* (Hokkien) to be outstanding; to be out of the ordinary; to be very successful

### Etymology 3

Compare 浮屠 (Fútú).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fútóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fau$^4$ tau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fútóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fútóu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: fú-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwutour
*** Palladius: футоу (futou)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fau$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: fàuh tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fau$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: feo$^4$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjuw duw
Rime :
| Character | 浮 | 頭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 縛謀切 | 度侯切 |
| Baxter | bjuw | duw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨu/ | /dəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biu/ | /dəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biəu/ | /dəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buw/ | /dəw/ |
| Li Rong | /biu/ | /du/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭəu/ | /dəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯u/ | /dʱə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fóu | tóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^4$ | tau$^4$ |

#### Noun

浮頭
* Buddha

##### Synonyms

* 佛陀 (Fótuó)