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當頭

简当头 · 繁當頭

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdong1 tau4

right overhead; at the time when

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

dong11 · high leveltau44 · low falling

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

dong当dong1to be 党dong2party 垱dong3dong4—dong5—荡dong6to wash

tau偷tau1to stealtau2—透tau3to penetrate 头tau4headtau5—tau6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

當頭当头

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

當頭 dāng tóu CC-CEDICT · Mandarincoming right into one's face; imminent; to put first
當頭 dàng tou CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(coll.) pledge; surety

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dang1 tou2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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