埋頭

See also: 埋头

Chinese

		to blame; bury	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (埋頭)		埋	頭
simp. (埋头)		埋	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máitóu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâi-thâu / bâi-thiô / mâi-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máitóu
  - Wade–Giles: mai²-tʻou²
  - Yale: mái-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maitour
  - Palladius: майтоу (majtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: màaih tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: bâi-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bai'taau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: bâi-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bai'tiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² tʰio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: mâi-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mai'taau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãi²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

埋頭

(literally) to lower one's head (in order to dodge an obstacle); to duck
(figuratively) to dedicate oneself to; to immerse oneself in

Related terms

下工夫 (xià gōngfu)

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