頭先

See also: 头先

Chinese

	head; (noun suffix)	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (頭先)	頭	先
simp. (头先)	头	先
anagram	先頭／先头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tau⁴ sin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu³ lhen^1*

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): tau⁴ slin¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thèu-siên

(Hailu, HRS): teu sen^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): têu² xiên¹
Eastern Min (BUC): tàu^→tā-sĕng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tao² se¹ / tao² siⁿ¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thâu-seng / thâu-suiⁿ / thâu-saiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): tao⁵ soin¹ / tao⁵ sain¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóuxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóusian
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-hsien¹
  - Yale: tóu-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshian
  - Palladius: тоусянь (tousjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ sin¹
  - Yale: tàuh sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu³ lhen^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu²² ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: tau⁴ slin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu⁴² ɬin³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ xien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu² xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: teu sen^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ sen⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: têu² xiên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu^→tā-sĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰa⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tao² se¹ [Phonetic: tao⁵ le¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: táu-sa̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)le⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tao² siⁿ¹ [Phonetic: tao⁵ ni¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)ni⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-seng
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ seŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-suinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² suĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Tong'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-saiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-sainn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tausvay
  - IPA (Tong'an): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ sãi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tao⁵ soin¹ / tao⁵ sain¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu soiⁿ / thâu saiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sõĩ³³/, /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sãĩ³³/

Note: tao5 sain1 - Jieyang.

Adverb

頭先

(dialectal, including Hokkien) firstly; originally
(dialectal) most importantly
(dialectal, including Hokkien, Puxian Min) just; just now; a moment ago
你唔係頭先去咗㗎咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你唔系头先去咗㗎咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ tau⁴ sin¹ heoi³ zo² gaa³ me¹? [Jyutping]
Didn't you just go?
(Teochew) first; before
(Puxian Min) in front; at the head

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 剛才 (“just now”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	剛才, 才剛, 將才
	Taiwan	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
	Harbin	才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒
	Malaysia	剛才
	Singapore	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	剛才, 剛剛的
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	才剛, 才剛剛兒
	Wanrong	剛剛
	Xi'an	剛才
	Xining	才才
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	才剛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	剛才, 才剛
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭
	Wuhan	才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路
	Liuzhou	頭先, 啱先
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛
	Yangzhou	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛
	Hefei	剛才
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先
	Hong Kong	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	正就
	Macau	頭先
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頭先
	Foshan	剛啱, 舊家
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舊先
	Foshan (Shunde)	頭先
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啱啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啱青
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頭先
	Taishan	頭先, 正話
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭先
	Enping (Niujiang)	頭先
	Heshan (Yayao)	啱啱
	Dongguan	蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭先
	Yangjiang	頭先, 啱先
	Nanning	啱先
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	啱啱, 正話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	頭先, 啱啱
Gan	Nanchang	剛腳, 一腳
Gan	Lichuan	剛腳
Hakka	Meixian	頭先, 啱先, 啱啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	先頭, 頭先
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	正先
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	正先
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	早先
	Wengyuan	頭先
	Liannan	正先
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啱啱
	Jiexi	早回
	Changting	頭先
	Wuping (Yanqian)	頭間
	Ninghua	正
	Ningdu	當頭
	Tonggu (Sandu)	正
	Dayu	剛正哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭先, 頭下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭先, 頭下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭先, 頭下
	Hong Kong	頭先
	Mengshan (Xihe)	啱
	Luchuan	啱先
	Senai (Huiyang)	正先
Huizhou	Jixi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛之
Jin	Taiyuan	剛才, 剛剛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頃先, 頃, 頃頃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭先, 頭��早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄
	Quanzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄
	Jinjiang	頭先, 頭先仔
	Zhangzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄
	Kaohsiung	拄才
	Yilan	拄才
	Changhua (Lukang)	拄才
	Taichung	拄拄仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拄仔才
	Tainan	頭陣仔
	Taitung	頭拄仔
	Hsinchu	拄仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拄才
	Penang (Hokkien)	麻汝, 耽仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麻汝, 頭先, 頭早
	Manila (Hokkien)	站仔, 頭站仔
	Chaozhou	頭陣, 同早, 同旰
	Shantou	剛才
	Jieyang	同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	同旰
	Singapore (Teochew)	麻汝, 頭先, 同早
	Leizhou	當奉囝
Puxian Min	Putian	這久, 頭先, 喏
Puxian Min	Xianyou	這久, 頭先, 喏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早
Wu	Shanghai	剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated
	Suzhou	剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧
	Danyang	剛才, 剛剛
	Hangzhou	剛剛
	Ningbo	剛剛
	Wenzhou	頭前, 頭先, 頭兒
Xiang	Changsha	剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛
	Loudi	剛剛
	Shuangfeng	當好, 才當
	Hengyang	剛才

(first): 先 (xiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭先):

→ Vietnamese: đầu tiên (頭先)

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “頭先”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “頭先”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“Entry #4217”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “头先”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 528.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
頭	先

Adjective

頭先

chữ Hán form of đầu tiên (“first”).