鬍鬚

See also: 胡须

Chinese

		beard; moustache	beard; moustache
trad. (鬍鬚)		鬍	鬚
simp. (胡须)		胡	须

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húxū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ sou¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'u⁴ xy¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fu² xi¹
Northern Min (KCR): ǔ-sṳ̄
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-chhiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): hou⁵ ciu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húsyu
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-hsü¹
  - Yale: hú-syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwushiu
  - Palladius: хусюй (xusjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ sou¹
  - Yale: wùh sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ sou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ sou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    狐臊
    鬍鬚 / 胡须
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'u⁴ xy¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈu³⁵ ɕy⁴²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fu² xi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ ɕi⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ-sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹ sy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-chhiu
  - Tâi-lô: hôo-tshiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hochiw
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hou⁵ ciu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hôu tshiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-su
  - MiniDict: wu^去 su
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-su
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² su⁴⁴/

Noun

鬍鬚

beard; mustache; whiskers

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鬍子 (“beard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鬍鬚, 鬍子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬍子
	Taiwan	鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Harbin	鬍子
	Singapore	鬍鬚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鬍子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鬍子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鬍子
	Wanrong	鬍子
	Xi'an	鬍子
	Xining	鬍子
	Xuzhou	鬍子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鬍子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鬍子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬍子, 鬍鬍兒
	Wuhan	鬍子
	Guiyang	鬍子
	Guilin	鬍子
	Liuzhou	鬍子, 鬍鬚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鬍子
	Yangzhou	鬍子
	Hefei	鬍子
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	鬍子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬍鬚, 鬚
	Hong Kong	鬍鬚, 鬚
	Taishan	鬚
	Dongguan	鬍, 鬍鬚
	Yangjiang	鬚
Gan	Nanchang	鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Lichuan	鬍子
	Pingxiang	鬍子
Hakka	Meixian	鬍鬚, 鬚菇
	Yudu	鬍子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬍鬚, 嘴鬚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴鬚
Huizhou	Jixi	鬍子
Jin	Taiyuan	鬍子, 鬍才, 鬍茬茬
Jin	Xinzhou	鬍子, 鬍腮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鬍鬚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙鬚
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙鬚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喙鬚
	Quanzhou	喙鬚
	Jinjiang	喙鬚
	Yongchun	喙鬚
	Zhangzhou	喙鬚
	Taipei	喙鬚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙鬚
	Kaohsiung	喙鬚
	Yilan	喙鬚
	Changhua (Lukang)	喙鬚
	Taichung	喙鬚
	Tainan	喙鬚
	Hsinchu	喙鬚
	Kinmen	喙鬚
	Penghu (Magong)	喙鬚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙鬚
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙鬚
	Chaozhou	鬚
	Shantou	鬚
	Jieyang	鬚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鬍子, 鬍鬚
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鬍
Wu	Shanghai	牙鬚, 鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鬍子
	Suzhou	鬍鬚, 鬍子
	Danyang	鬍子
	Ningbo	牙鬚
	Wenzhou	鬍鬚, 下巴鬚
	Jinhua	鬍, 鬍鬚
Xiang	Changsha	鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Loudi	鬍子
	Shuangfeng	鬍子

Derived terms

八字鬍鬚 / 八字胡须
袂曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚 / 袂晓剃头，拄著胡须 (bē-hiáu thì-thâu, tú-tio̍h hô͘-chhiu) (Min Nan)

References

“鬍鬚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.