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

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