冤頭

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (冤頭)		冤	頭
simp. (冤头)		冤	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuāntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuāntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuantóu
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: ywān-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuantour
  - Palladius: юаньтоу (juanʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: yūn tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

冤頭

enemy; foe
- 社會上的反革命因為是老百姓的直接冤頭，老百姓恨透了，所以少數人還是要殺。 [MSC, trad.]
  社会上的反革命因为是老百姓的直接冤头，老百姓恨透了，所以少数人还是要杀。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Shèhuì shàng de fǎngémìng yīnwèi shì lǎobǎixìng de zhíjiē yuāntóu, lǎobǎixìng hèntòu le, suǒyǐ shǎoshù rén háishì yào shā. [Pinyin]
  Counter-revolutionaries in society are the mortal and immediate enemies of the people and are deeply hated by them, and therefore a small number should be executed.

Synonyms

仇人 (chóurén)