石頭いしあたま

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Chinese

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rock; stone; 10 pecks head; (noun suffix)
trad. (石頭いしあたま) いし あたま
simp. (いし) いし

Pronunciation

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Note: In some Cantonese dialects, the /tʰɐu/ pronunciation of あたま in 石頭いしあたま changes to /kʰɐu/ because of progressive assimilation to the coda -k in いし.

Rime
Character いし あたま
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (こえ) つね (25) じょう (7)
Final (いん) むかし (123) ほう (137)
Tone (調しらべ) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open Open
Division (ひとし) III I
Fanqie つねせききり ほうきり
Baxter dzyek duw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/ /dəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛk̚/ /dəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæk̚/ /dəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajk̚/ /dəw/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛk̚/ /du/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛk̚/ /dəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛk̚/ /dʱə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí tóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sik6 tau4

Noun

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石頭いしあたま

  1. stone; rock (Classifier: かたまり m c;  c)
    心裡しんりいちかたまり石頭いしあたまりょう [MSC, trad.]
    こころさといちいしりょう [MSC, simp.]
    Xīnlǐ yī kuài shítou luò le dì. [Pinyin]
    That's a load off my mind. (lit. "a stone in my heart fell to the ground")

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いし あたま
いし
Grade: 1
あたま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Comparable to Indonesian kepala batu (stubborn, literally stone head).

Noun

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いし(いし)あたま(あたま) (ishiatama

  1. a head as hard as a stone
  2. stubbornness and inflexibility
  3. an inflexible person

References

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