蛇頭

See also: 蛇头

Chinese

		snake; serpent	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蛇頭)		蛇	頭
simp. (蛇头)		蛇	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shétóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ tau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chôa-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shétóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shétóu
  - Wade–Giles: shê²-tʻou²
  - Yale: shé-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertour
  - Palladius: шэтоу (šɛtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: sèh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: tsuâ-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoa'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

蛇頭

snakehead
(slang) people smuggler; human trafficker

Synonyms

(people smuggler): 人販子／人贩子 (rénfànzi)

Derived terms

老蛇頭 / 老蛇头
蛇頭指 / 蛇头指
蛇頭鼠眼 / 蛇头鼠眼 (shétóushǔyǎn)

Descendants

→ Macanese: cabéça-di-cobra (calque)