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): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
    • 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôan-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: guan^ˊ teu^ˇ
    • 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

1. 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)