# 肩頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāntóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gin$^1$ tau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gan$^1$ heu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiên-thèu
    (Hailu, HRS): gien$^ˋ$ teu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gin$^1$ têu$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): giĕng-tàu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge$^1$ tao$^2$ / giⁿ$^1$ tao$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): keng-thâu / kuiⁿ-thâu / kan-thâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): goin$^1$ tao$^5$ / gain$^1$ tao$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ga$^1$ tao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiāntóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiantóu
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: jyān-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiantour
*** Palladius: цзяньтоу (czjanʹtou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gin$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: gīn tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gin$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gin$^1$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^1$ heu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kan³³ heu²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˊ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^1$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˋ$ teu
*** Sinological IPA: /kien⁵³ tʰeu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gin$^1$ têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kin⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕng-tàu
*** Sinological IPA : /kieŋ⁵⁵ $^{(tʰ-)}$nau⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ge$^1$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: ge$^5$ lao$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̤ⁿ-táu
*** Sinological IPA : /ke⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: giⁿ$^1$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: giⁿ$^5$ nao$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kĩ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(tʰ-)}$nau¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: king-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kengtaau
*** IPA (Penang): /keŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /keŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: kuinn-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvui'taau
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kuĩ³³ tʰau²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: kan-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kantaau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: goin$^1$ tao$^5$ / gain$^1$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koiⁿ thâu / kaiⁿ thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /kõĩ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/, /kãĩ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/
* goin1 tao5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
* gain1 tao5 - Jieyang.

### Adjective

肩頭
* (formal) on the shoulders

### Noun

肩頭
* (dialectal) shoulders

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 肩 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 肩, 肩膀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 肩膀兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 肩膀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 肩膀兒, 肩頭兒, 肩頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 肩膀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 膀子, 肩膀子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 肩膀兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 肩膀, 肩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 膀子, 肩膀子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 肩膀, 肩膀頭兒, 肩忙頭兒, 膀臂頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胛骨, 肩巴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 胛骨, 胛骨頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 肩膀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 肩膀頭兒, 肩膀子, 肩膀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胛子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 胛子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 肩膀子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 肩膀, 膀膀兒, 膀膀, 膀子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 肩膀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 肩膀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 肩膀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 肩膀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 肩膀, 肩膀頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 肩膀, 肩膀拐子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 肩膀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 肩膀, 肩膀子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 間頭膊 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 肩膊 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 膊頭, 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 膊肩 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 肩頭 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 膊頭 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 膊頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 肩膀 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 肩頭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 肩膊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 膊頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 肩 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 肩膀 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 肩頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 肩頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 肩頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 肩膀, 膀子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 肩膀, 膀子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 肩膀頭 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 肩膀 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 肩膀 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 肩脊頭 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 肩膀 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 肩膀頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 肩頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 肩膀頭 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 肩膀頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 肩膀頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 肩脊頭 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 肩脊頭 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 肩胛 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 肩胛頭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 膊頭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 肩頭, 肩胛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 肩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 肩, 肩頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 肩頭, 胛頭, 胛 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 肩頭, 肩, 胛頭, 胛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 肩胛頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 肩頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 肩胛頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 肩頭, 肩胛頭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 肩膀, 肩 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 肩頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 膊頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 肩膀, 膊頭 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 肩膀 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 肩胛, 肩膀 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 肩家, 肩茄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 肩架 |
| Wu | Danyang | 肩頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 肩膀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 肩胛頭, 肩胛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 肩胛頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 肩頭, 肩圪末頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 肩膀, 肩胛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 肩胛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 肩膊, 肩胛 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 肩膀 |

### 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), “肩头”, 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 203.