盼頭

Chinese

		to hope for; to long for; to expect	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (盼頭)		盼	頭
simp. (盼头)		盼	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàntou

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paan³ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàn-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàntou
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pànto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: pàn-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.tou
  - Palladius: паньтоу (panʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàntour
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pànto̊ur
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴-tʻou⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: pàn-tour
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann.toul
  - Palladius: паньтоур (panʹtour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paan³ tau⁴
  - Yale: paan tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paan³ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pan³ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàn-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: phàn-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pharntaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

盼頭

(colloquial) something hoped for and likely to happen; good prospects
人哪，活著總得有個盼頭兒。 [MSC, trad.]
人哪，活着总得有个盼头儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Rén na, huó zhe zǒng děi yǒu ge pàntour. [Pinyin]
People need a thing hoped for in living.

Synonyms

出息
出路 (chūlù)
前景 (qiánjǐng)
前程 (qiánchéng)
前途 (qiántú)
展望 (zhǎnwàng)
巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)
憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
望頭／望头 (uan⁵ dou) (Xiang)
望頭子／望头子 (uan⁵ dou zr) (Xiang)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)
願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)

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