龍燈頭
Chinese
| lantern shaped like a dragon | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龍燈頭) | 龍燈 | 頭 | |
| simp. (龙灯头) | 龙灯 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
龍燈頭
- (Gan) first lantern, shaped like a dragon, in a row of lanterns
- (Gan, by extension) grown-up popular with children or leader of a group of children
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) | |