土豪

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	grand; heroic; luxurious
simp. and trad. (土豪)		土	豪
alternative forms		壕 “nouveau riche”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔháo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄏㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² hou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-hô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǔháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄏㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǔháo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu³-hao²
  - Yale: tǔ-háu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuhaur
  - Palladius: тухао (tuxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² hou⁴
  - Yale: tóu hòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² hou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² hou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ hou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-hô
  - Tâi-lô: thóo-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tofhooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²⁴/

Noun

土豪

(literary) local tyrant
(neologism, derogatory) uncultured nouveau riche; rural tycoon; newly-rich who dresses inappropriately and behaves awkwardly in public; cashed-up bogan
(neologism, humorous) rich person

Synonyms

(rich person):

大亨 (dàhēng)
大款 (dàkuǎn) (colloquial)
好額人 / 好额人 (Hokkien)
富人 (fùrén)
富翁 (fùwēng)
有米人 (⁶yeu-mi-gnin) (Wu)
有錢人 / 有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
有錢佬 / 有钱佬 (jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
有鐳人 / 有镭人 (Hokkien)
水喉 (seoi² hau⁴) (Cantonese, figurative)
糧富 / 粮富 (Hakka)
財主 / 财主 (cáizhu)
財主佬 / 财主佬 (coi⁴ zyu² lou²) (Cantonese)
財東 / 财东 (cáidōng)
闊佬 / 阔佬 (kuòlǎo) (colloquial)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “rich person”):

散凶人 (Hokkien)
散赤人 (Hokkien)
散食人 (Hokkien)
瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
窮人 / 穷人 (qióngrén)
窮人子 / 穷人子 (jiong² ren² zr) (Xiang)
艱苦人 / 艰苦人 (Hokkien)
貧乏 / 贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
貧民 / 贫民 (pínmín)
貧瘠 / 贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)

Derived terms

土豪金 (tǔháojīn)