Chinese

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head; (noun suffix)
trad. (刣頭)
simp. (刣头)

Etymology

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Particularly: “Is the Taiwanese sense of "fired" related to Japanese

Pronunciation

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Verb

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刣頭

  1. (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) to behead; to decapitate
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fire (a worker or a subordinate)

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