囡仔頭
Chinese
| child | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (囡仔頭) | 囡仔 | 頭 | |
| simp. (囡仔头) | 囡仔 | 头 | |
| alternative forms | 囝仔頭／囝仔头 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kín-á-thâu / gín-á-thâu / kán-á-thâu
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kín-á-thâu
- Tâi-lô: kín-á-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kyn'aftaau
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Singapore): /kin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gín-á-thâu
- Tâi-lô: gín-á-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: gyn'aftaau
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Singapore): /ɡin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-á-thâu
- Tâi-lô: kán-á-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kafn'aftaau
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
Noun
囡仔頭 (Hokkien)
- leader of a group of children
- (humorous) teacher at a primary school or kindergarten
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 孩子頭 (“grown-up popular with children or leader of a group of children”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 孩子頭, 孩子王 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 孩子頭兒 |
| Taiwan | 孩子王 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 細佬哥頭, 細蚊仔頭, 細佬哥王, 細路仔頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 龍燈頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細人頭仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 搞頭王 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 搞頭王 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 搞頭王 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 搞頭王 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 爽頭王 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 細子頭王 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囝仔頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兒囝頭, 兒囝哥頭 |
| Fuqing | 兒囝哥頭 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囡仔頭, 囡仔王 |
| Quanzhou | 囡仔頭, 囡仔王 | |
| Zhangzhou | 囡仔頭 | |
| Tainan | 囡仔王, 囡仔頭王 GT | |
| Shantou | 孥囝頭 | |
| Jieyang | 孥囝頭, 猴頭, 猴蛇頭 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 童子癆頭兒 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |