臨頭

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (臨頭)		臨	頭
simp. (临头)		临	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líntóu
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-tʻou²
  - Yale: lín-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lintour
  - Palladius: линьтоу (linʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: làhm tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: lîm-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: limtaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

Verb

臨頭

to befall; to happen; to be imminent

Synonyms

當頭／当头 (dāngtóu)

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