柱頭

See also: 柱头

Chinese

		pillar	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (柱頭)		柱	頭
simp. (柱头)		柱	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhùtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu⁴ tou²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ tau⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): qy⁵ teu
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zy-deu₆ / ⁴dzy-deu₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùtóu
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: jù-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhtour
    • Palladius: чжутоу (čžutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zu⁴ tou²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zutou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³ tʰəu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu⁵ tau⁴
    • Yale: chyúh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qy⁵ teu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy¹¹ tʰɛu¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-deu₆
    • MiniDict: zy^去 deu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-deu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² dɤ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ⁴dzy-deu₂
    • MiniDict: dzy^上 deu^平
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡zz̩³¹ dɵ⁵⁵/

Noun

柱頭

1. (architecture) capital
2. (botany) stigma
3. (dialectal) pillar; column

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 柱子 (“pillar; column”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		柱子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	柱子
	Taiwan	柱子
	Harbin	柱子
	Singapore	柱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	柱子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	柱子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	柱子
	Wanrong	柱腳
	Zhengzhou	頂樑柱
	Xi'an	柱子
	Xining	柱子
	Xuzhou	柱子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	柱子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	柱子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	柱子
	Lanzhou	柱子
	Ürümqi	柱子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	柱頭, 柱子
	Wuhan	柱頭
	Guiyang	柱子
	Guilin	柱子
	Liuzhou	柱子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	柱子
	Yangzhou	柱子
	Hefei	柱子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	柱
	Hong Kong	柱, 柱頭 construction
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	柱
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	柱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	柱
	Kaiping (Chikan)	柱
	Dongguan	柱
	Yangjiang	柱
	Nanning	柱
	Wuzhou	柱
	Yulin	柱
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	柱, 磚柱
	Danzhou	棟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	柱頭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	柱
Gan	Nanchang	柱頭
	Lichuan	柱頭
	Pingxiang	屋柱
Hakka	Meixian	柱仔, 柱頓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	柱
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	柱頓
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	柱哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	柱哩, 柱頓
	Wuhua (Changbu)	柱哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	柱頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	柱
	Liannan	柱
	Jiexi	柱
	Changting	屋柱
	Ninghua	屋柱
	Hong Kong	柱
	Luchuan	柱
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	磚柱
	Sabah (Longchuan)	柱仔, 柱頭
	Singkawang	柱頭
Huizhou	Jixi	柱, 屋柱, 柱腳
Jin	Taiyuan	柱子
	Xinzhou	柱子
	Hohhot	柱子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	柱
	Songxi	柱
	Jianyang	柱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	柱
	Fuqing	柱
	Gutian	柱
	Ningde	柱
	Zhouning	柱
	Fuding	柱
Southern Min	Xiamen	柱, 柱仔
	Quanzhou	柱, 柱仔
	Jinjiang	抱柱
	Yongchun	柱
	Zhangzhou	柱, 柱仔
	Dongshan	柱
	Taipei	柱
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	柱仔
	Kaohsiung	柱仔
	Yilan	柱仔
	Taichung	柱仔
	Tainan	柱
	Hsinchu	柱仔
	Kinmen	柱
	Penghu (Magong)	柱
	Manila (Hokkien)	柱
	Longyan	柱
	Datian	柱
	Chaozhou	柱
	Shantou	柱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	柱
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	柱
	Leizhou	柱
	Wenchang	柱
	Haikou	柱
Puxian Min	Putian	柱
Central Min	Yong'an	柱
	Sanming (Shaxian)	柱
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	柱, 稜柱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	柱蔸, 柱頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	柱
Shehua	Fu'an	樹棟
	Fuding	棟
	Luoyuan	棟
	Sanming	棟
	Shunchang	樹棟
	Hua'an	柱
	Guixi (Zhangping)	樹棟
	Cangnan	樑棟
	Jingning (Hexi)	樹棟
	Lishui	樹棟
	Longyou	樹棟
	Chaozhou	柱
	Fengshun	柱
Wu	Shanghai	柱子, 柱, 柱頭 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	柱頭
	Suzhou	庭柱
	Wuxi	柱, 柱子
	Danyang	柱棵, 柱子
	Hangzhou	柱子, 柱腳, 房柱, 庭柱
	Ningbo	柱子, 屋柱
	Wenzhou	棟柱, 柱
	Jinhua	柱, 屋柱
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	屋柱
Xiang	Changsha	柱子, 傘柱
	Xiangtan	傘柱
	Loudi	傘柱
	Shuangfeng	柱子, 傘柱
	Hengyang	柱子
	Quanzhou	柱頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柱	頭
ちゅう Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 柱頭 / 柱头 (drju^X duw, literally “pillar + head”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうとー [chùútóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːto̞ː]

Noun

柱(ちゅう)頭(とう) • (chūtō) 

1. (architecture) capital
2. stigma

References

• “柱頭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
柱	頭

Noun

柱頭 • (judu) (hangeul 주두)

1. hanja form^? of 주두 (“(architecture) capital; (botany) stigma”)