地頭蛇
Chinese
| edge of a field; destination | snake; serpent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (地頭蛇) | 地頭 | 蛇 | |
| simp. (地头蛇) | 地头 | 蛇 | |
| Literally: “local snake”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dìtóushé
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dìtóushé
- Wade–Giles: ti4-tʻou2-shê2
- Yale: dì-tóu-shé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtoursher
- Palladius: дитоушэ (ditoušɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dei6 tau4 se4
- Yale: deih tàuh sèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dei6 tau4 se4
- Guangdong Romanization: déi6 teo4 sé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tei̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-thâu-chôa
- Tâi-lô: tē-thâu-tsuâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: dextauzoaa
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-thâu-chôa
- Tâi-lô: tuē-thâu-tsuâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: doextauzoaa
- IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: di7 tao5 zua5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī thâu tsuâ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Idiom
地頭蛇
- (figurative) local bully; peremptory or tyrannical local
Synonyms
- (Puxian Min) 地霸