青頭仔

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	head; (noun suffix)	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (青頭仔)		青	頭	仔
simp. (青头仔)		青	头	仔

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng¹ tau⁴ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng¹ tau⁴ zai²
    • Yale: chēng tàuh jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng¹ tau⁴ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng¹ teo⁴ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

青頭仔

1. (Cantonese) male virgin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 處男 (“male virgin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		處男, 童男
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	處男
	Singapore	處男
Cantonese	Hong Kong	處男, 青頭仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	在室男