歹剃頭

Chinese

		bad; wicked; evil	to have one's hair shaved; to have one's haircut; to have a haircut
trad. (歹剃頭)		歹	剃頭
simp. (歹剃头)		歹	剃头
alternative forms		否剃頭／否剃头
Literally: “difficult to cut one's hair”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháiⁿ-thih-thâu / phái-thih-thâu / pháiⁿ-thì-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-thih-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: pháinn-thih-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvay'tihtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái-thih-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: phái-thih-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phay'tihtaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰi(ʔ)⁵ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-thì-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: pháinn-thì-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvay'tie'taau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

Adjective

歹剃頭

1. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) difficult to handle (of a person or thing)

Synonyms

• 棘手 (jíshǒu)
• (Hokkien) 䆀剃頭／䆀剃头