# 頭路
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóulù
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tau$^4$ lou$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thèu-lu
    (Hailu, HRS): teu lu$^˖$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tao$^5$ lou$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóulù
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóulù
*** Wade–Giles: tʻou$^2$-lu$^4$
*** Yale: tóu-lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourluh
*** Palladius: тоулу (toulu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tau$^4$ lou$^6$
*** Yale: tàuh louh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tau$^4$ lou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teo$^4$ lou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐu̯²¹ lou̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-lu
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu$^ˇ$ lu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: teu$^2$ lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu lu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ lu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-lō͘
*** Tâi-lô: thâu-lōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: taulo
*** IPA (Lukang): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ³¹/
*** IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /tʰau²⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹² lɔ²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tao$^5$ lou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu lōu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou¹¹/

### Noun

頭路
* (colloquial) clue
* (colloquial) way of doing something
* (archaic) mate; partner
    From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
    Dìnggē xiào dào: “Jù nǐ zhèbān shuō, wǒ rújīn lìng xún yī ge tóulù qù zuò xīn xífù, zuòxìng nǚ dàizhào zuò ge méirén, nǐ zhè nīzi zuò ge cóngjià bà.” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1635, 方汝浩,　九九老人, 《東度記》, chapter 51
    Wǒ xiǎng nǐmen qīngchūnniánshào, zhōngrì péibànzhe wǒ lǎohàn, zhōng yǒu ge chūtóu rìzi, bùrú chéng wǒ shàng zài, jiǎndiǎn xiē zhuānglián, jià ge rénjiā, yīfūyīqī, yě miǎndé hòulái mángcùcù, xúnmì tóulù. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1804, 《婆羅岸全傳》, chapter 13, based on
    Lánjiě kuǎnle zài zìjǐ fáng li zuòxià, xièle tā qiánr de hèlǐ, jiēzhe dào, qǐng jiějie guòlái, méiyǒu biéde, zuór Yīngjiě yǐ shì guòle xǐrì, wǒ xiǎng dàodǐ nǚ'érjia shì liú bù zhù de, yào tì tā xún gè tóulù, bùzhī kě hé jiějie de yìr, xiǎng bǎ tā gěile nǐ xiōngdì Fèngguān, zhǐ shì pèi bù shàng xiē [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (archaic) master; someone to rely on
    From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
    Tā jiā xǔduō rén dōu cún zhù bùdé, gèzì sìsàn qù le, nǐ hébù yě bié le tā, lìng xún tóulù? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Qing dynasty, 嗤嗤道人, 《警寤鐘》, chapter 2, based on
    Wǒ hǎohǎo sòng nǐ chūjiā, nǐ què bùshǒuběnfèn, shīfu bùkěn néng róng nǐ, wǒmen yě bùnéng gù nǐ yīshì, nǐ zì qù xún tóulù bà! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Qing dynasty, 陳少海, 《紅樓復夢》, chapter 8, 嫏嬛齋藏版
    Lǎoshīfu sǐ le, tā zhèxiē túdìmen héngshù dōu yào gēn zhe rén qù, dàobùrú zǎozǎo de xún ge tóulù. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Hakka, Southern Min) work; job

#### Synonyms

* (clue):
* 徵候兒 / 征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 意思
* 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
* 眉目 (méimu)
* 端倪 (duānní)
* 線索 / 线索 (xiànsuǒ)
* 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 跡象 / 迹象 (jìxiàng)
* 頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)
* (way of doing something):
* 主意
* 作法 (zuòfǎ)
* 做法 (zuòfǎ)
* 卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao$^3$ qiao$^4$) (Sichuanese)
* 套套 (tau$^3$ tau$^{3-2}$) (Jin, colloquial)
* 對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
* 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
* 手段 (shǒuduàn)
* 措施 (cuòshī)
* 方式 (fāngshì)
* 方法 (fāngfǎ)
* 步數 / 步数 (Hokkien)
* 法子 (colloquial)
* 法度 (Hokkien)
* 渠道 (qúdào)
* 竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
* 竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
* 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
* 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
* 訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào)
* 訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
* 路子 (lùzi)
* 路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
* 蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
* 辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
* 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
* 進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
* 道理 (dàolǐ)
* 道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
* 道道 (dau$^3$ dau$^{3-2}$) (Jin)
* 門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
* 門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
* 門道 / 门道 (méndao)
* 門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
* (work):
* 執事 / 执事 (zhíshì) (literary)
* 工作 (gōngzuò)
* 差事 (chāishi)
* 差使 (chāishi)
* 活
* 穡頭 / 穑头 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 職務 / 职务 (zhíwù)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 職, 業 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 職業, 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 工, 工作 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 工 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頭路, 工課, 穡頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 工課, 工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 工, 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 工, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 工 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 生活, 營生 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Danyang | 生活 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 生活, 行當 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 行當, 事幹, 生活 |

#### Derived terms

* 一暝全頭路，天光無半步 / 一暝全头路，天光无半步
* 允頭路 / 允头路
* 蹛頭路 / 𰸚头路
* 辭頭路 / 辞头路
* 食頭路 / 食头路 (sṳ̍t-thèu-lu)