話頭

Chinese

 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (話頭) 話 頭
simp. (话头) 话 头

Pronunciation


Noun

話頭

  1. starting portion of one's speech
  2. thread of discourse; subject under discussion
  3. subject for others to gossip about, ridicule, etc.
  4. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Wu) utterance; spoken words; speech; discourse

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (話頭):
  • → Japanese: 話(わ)頭(とう) (watō)
  • → Korean: 화두(話頭) (hwadu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
話頭

Noun

話頭 • (hwadu) (hangeul 화두)

  1. Hanja form? of 화두 (“topic of discussion; (Zen Buddhism) koan”).
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