獨佔鰲頭

Chinese

		to monopolize; to take over; to have something all to oneself	head of the legendary sea-turtle; the first place
trad. (獨佔鰲頭/獨占鰲頭)		獨佔/獨占	鰲頭
simp. (独占鳌头)		独占	鳌头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúzhàn'áotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ zim³ ngou⁴ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúzhàn'áotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dújhàn-áotóu
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-chan⁴-ao²-tʻou²
    • Yale: dú-jàn-áu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwujannaurtour
    • Palladius: дучжаньаотоу (dučžanʹaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ zim³ ngou⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: duhk jim ngòuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ dzim³ ngou⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ jim³ ngou⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² t͡siːm³³ ŋou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

獨佔鰲頭

1. to occupy the first place