關頭

See also: 关头, 寡头, and 寡頭

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (關頭)		關	頭
simp. (关头)		关	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôan-thèu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan-thâu / koan-thiô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guantóu
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: gwān-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guantour
  - Palladius: гуаньтоу (guanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: gwāan tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôan-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: guan´ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guan¹ teu²
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯an²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koantaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-thiô
  - Tâi-lô: kuan-thiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koantiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ tʰio²⁴/

Noun

關頭

juncture; moment
生死存亡的關頭／生死存亡的关头 ― shēngsǐcúnwáng de guāntóu ― crucial juncture

Synonyms

關口／关口 (guānkǒu)

Derived terms

生死關頭／生死关头 (shēngsǐguāntóu)
緊急關頭／紧急关头 (jǐnjí guāntóu)
緊要關頭／紧要关头 (jǐnyào guāntóu)

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