老字頭

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (老字頭)		老	字	頭
simp. (老字头)		老	字	头

Examples
考 (kǎo, “to test”, 耂丂) 者 (zhě, “-er; -ist; one who […] ”, 耂日)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎozìtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zi⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozìtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozìhtóu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tzŭ⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: lǎu-dz̀-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzyhtour
    • Palladius: лаоцзытоу (laoczytou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ zi⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: lóuh jih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzi⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ji⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

老字頭

1. The Chinese character component 耂.

Synonyms

• 老省