罪魁禍首

Chinese

		chief criminal; main culprit; primary offender chief criminal; main culprit; primary offender; ringleader	chief criminal; main culprit; primary offender chief criminal; main culprit; primary offender; ringleader
trad. (罪魁禍首)		罪魁	禍首
simp. (罪魁祸首)		罪魁	祸首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuìkuíhuòshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ fui¹ wo⁶ sau²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chōe-khoe-hō-siú

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuê⁶ kuê¹ hua⁶ siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuìkuíhuòshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuèikuéihuòshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-kʻuei²-huo⁴-shou³
  - Yale: dzwèi-kwéi-hwò-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueykweihuohshoou
  - Palladius: цзуйкуйхошоу (czujkujxošou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi⁶ fui¹ wo⁶ sau²
  - Yale: jeuih fūi woh sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ fui¹ wo⁶ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ fui¹ wo⁶ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² fuːi̯⁵⁵ wɔː²² sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōe-khoe-hō-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tsuē-khue-hō-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoexqoe'hoixsiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²²⁻²¹ kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² ho²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻²² kʰue³³ ho⁴¹⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²²⁻²¹ kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² ho²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue³³⁻¹¹ kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ ho³³⁻¹¹ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue³³⁻²¹ kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ³³⁻²¹ siu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuê⁶ kuê¹ hua⁶ siu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuĕ khue huă siú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sue³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰue³³⁻²³ hua³⁵⁻¹¹ siu⁵²/

Idiom

罪魁禍首

(literal, figurative) ringleader; main culprit; principal offender