肥頭大耳

See also: 肥头大耳

Chinese

		fat; fertile; loose-fitting	head; (noun suffix)	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ear
trad. (肥頭大耳)		肥	頭	大	耳
simp. (肥头大耳)		肥	头	大	耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féitóudà'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴ tau⁴ daai⁶ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féitóudà'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féitóudà-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: fei²-tʻou²-ta⁴-êrh³
    • Yale: féi-tóu-dà-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feirtourdaheel
    • Palladius: фэйтоудаэр (fɛjtoudaer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei⁴ tau⁴ daai⁶ ji⁵
    • Yale: fèih tàuh daaih yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴ tau⁴ daai⁶ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴ teo⁴ dai⁶ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ taːi̯²² jiː¹³/

Idiom

肥頭大耳

1. fat and pudgy; robust and prosperous (a compliment in former times)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肥頭大耳 (“fat and pudgy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		肥頭大耳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	肥頭大耳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	肥頭耷耳
	Hong Kong	肥頭耷耳
Southern Min	Leizhou	肥頭諾耳

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: tai to mặt lớn (calque)