嘜頭

Chinese

	mark	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (嘜頭)	嘜	頭
simp. (唛头)	唛	头
alternative forms	嚜頭／嚜头目頭／目头 Min Nan

Etymology

From English mark + 頭／头 (tóu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màitóu, màtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄇㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak¹ tau⁴, mak¹ tau^4-2
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-thâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): mag⁸ tao⁵ / mah⁸ tao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màitóu
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: mài-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maytour
  - Palladius: майтоу (majtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màtóu
  - Wade–Giles: ma⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: mà-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mahtour
  - Palladius: матоу (matou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak¹ tau⁴, mak¹ tau^4-2
  - Yale: māk tàuh, māk táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁷ tau⁴, mak⁷ tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg¹ teo⁴, meg¹ teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/, /mɐk̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagtaau
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bak̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mag⁸ tao⁵ / mah⁸ tao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma̍k thâu / ma̍h thâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mak̚⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵/, /maʔ⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵/

Note: mah8 tao5 - Bangkok.

(Hokkien) Homophone: 目頭／目头 (ba̍k-thâu)

Noun

嘜頭

(chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min) brand; trademark; logo (Classifier: 個／个)
佢件衫上面個嘜頭好似好熟口面喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢件衫上面个唛头好似好熟口面㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ gin⁶ saam¹ soeng⁶ min⁶ go³ mak¹ tau⁴ hou² ci⁵ hou² suk⁶ hau² min⁶ wo³. [Jyutping]
The logo on his shirt looks familiar to me.
- 1904, 約翰大衛德 [David D. Jones], quoting advertisement, The Surnames of the Chinese in America [旅美華人姓字], page 40:
  
  廿騾帶車墨頭之硼砂粉 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  廿骡带车墨头之硼砂粉 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  jaa⁶ lo⁴ daai³ ce¹ mak⁶ tau⁴ zi¹ pang⁴ saa¹ fan² [Jyutping]
  20 Mule Team-brand Borax

Synonyms

品牌 (pǐnpái)
商品名 (shāngpǐnmíng)
商標／商标 (shāngbiāo)
商號／商号 (shānghào)
牌 (pái)
牌號／牌号 (páihào)

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