調頭 [调头]

Jyutping diu6 tau4
Pinyin diào tou

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. tone (of voice)
  2. tune
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, dialectal
    tune; melody
  2. noun, colloquial, derogatory
    point of view; argument
  3. noun, dialectal
    manner of speaking
  4. verb
    to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)
    (syn.) 掉頭, 跋头, 掉头, 跋頭

調頭 [调头]

Jyutping diu6 tau4
Pinyin diào tóu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. variant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    180​度​轉向​，​向​相反​方向​前進
    to make a 'U' turn
    • 呢度唔准掉頭㗎。
      呢度唔准掉头㗎。
      ni1 dou6 m4 zeon2 diu6 tau4 gaa3.
      It is illegal to do a U-turn here.
    • 個賊一見到警察即刻掉頭走。
      个贼一见到警察即刻掉头走。
      go3 caak2 jat1 gin3 dou2 ging2 caat3 zik1 haak1 diu6 tau4 zau2.
      The thief turned around and ran away immediately when he saw the police.
  2. 近義詞
    U-turn、掉轉頭
  3. 參看
    掉頭
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, dialectal
    tune; melody
  2. noun, colloquial, derogatory
    point of view; argument
  3. noun, dialectal
    manner of speaking
  4. verb
    to make a U-turn; to turn about; to turn around (of cars, boats, etc.)
    (syn.) 掉頭, 跋头, 掉头, 跋頭
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    虽可能有张伯伦一类的迁就所谓“既成事实”的“现实主义”的调头出现，但主要的国际势力将变到进一步地援助中国。
    雖可能有張伯倫一類的遷就所謂“既成事實”的“現實主義”的調頭出現，但主要的國際勢力將變到進一步地援助中國。
    suī kě néng yǒu zhāng bó lún yī lèi de qiān jiù suǒ wèi “ jì chéng shì shí ” de “ xiàn shí zhǔ yì ” de diào tóu chū xiàn ， dàn zhǔ yào de guó jì shì lì jiāng biàn dào jìn yī bù de yuán zhù zhōng guó ．
    • The main international forces will incline towards giving more help to China, even though there may be talk of "realism" of the Chamberlain type which accommodates itself to faits accomplis.