# 調頭
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diàotóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu → diàotou (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ → ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diàoto̊u
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^4$-tʻou$^5$
*** Yale: dyàu-tou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw.tour
*** Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ → /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

#### Noun

調頭
* (colloquial, derogatory) point of view; argument
* tune; melody
    From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong),《中國共產黨在民族戰爭中的地位》(The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War), 《毛選》第二卷, English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Yángbāgǔ bìxū fèizhǐ, kōngdòng chōuxiàng de diàotou bìxū shǎo chàng, jiàotiáozhǔyì bìxū xiūxi, ér dài zhī yǐ xīnxiān huópō de, wéi Zhōngguó lǎobǎixìng suǒ xǐwényuèjiàn de Zhōngguó zuòfēng hé Zhōngguó qìpài. [Pinyin]
    Foreign stereotypes must be abolished, there must be less singing of empty, abstract tunes, and dogmatism must be laid to rest, they must be replaced by the fresh, lively Chinese style and spirit which the common people of China love.
    From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
    Kàn tā yòushǒu fāshēng zhīhòu, nà zuǒshǒu jìn tuì róu chàn, qíyú yīn yě jiù suízhe yīyīmǐmǐ, zhēnshì wénsuǒwèiwén. Chū tīng hái zài suànjì tā de zhǐfǎ, diàotou, jì'ér biàn ěr zhōng yǒu yīn, mù zhōng wú zhǐ. Jiǔzhī, ěr mù jù wú, juéde zìjǐ de shēntǐ piāopiāodàngdàng, rú suí chángfēng, fúchén yú yúnxiá zhī jì. [Pinyin]
    After the right hand had struck the strings, the left hand moved to and fro quivering and shaking as the continuing sound rose and fell in response, i-i, mi-mi. Indeed, he was hearing something he had never heard before. At frst he was occupied in appraising the fingering and the changes of the notes. But soon there was only sound in his ears, and his eyes saw no fingers. Later still ears and eyes were both blank, and he felt his body Auttering to and fro as though carried by a strong wind, oating and again sinking in regions of glowing cloud.
* (dialectal) manner of speaking

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diàotóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): diu$^6$ tau$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$diau-deu$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diàotóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diàotóu
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^4$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: dyàu-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawtour
*** Palladius: дяотоу (djaotou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: diu$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: diuh tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: diu$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: diu$^6$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːu̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$diau-deu$_6$
*** MiniDict: diau$^去$ deu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$diau-deu$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /diɔ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

#### Verb

調頭
* to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)
    alt. forms: 掉頭 / 掉头
* (dated, of a prostitute) to move to another brothel
* argument