頭子

See also: 头子

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (頭子)		頭	子
simp. (头子)		头	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-chír / thâu-chú / thiô-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour.tzy
    • Palladius: тоуцзы (touczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tàuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-chír
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-chú
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauzuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiô-chír
    • Tâi-lô: thiô-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰio²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

頭子

1. (colloquial, derogatory) chief; boss; chieftain
2. tip; nib

Synonyms

• (chief):

• 大佬 (dàlǎo)
• 波士
• 老大 (lǎodà)
• 老頂／老顶
• 阿head
• 阿大 (ādà)
• 阿頭／阿头
• 領導／领导 (lǐngdǎo)
• 領導人／领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
• 領導者／领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
• 領袖／领袖 (lǐngxiù)
• 領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
• 頭／头
• 頭仔／头仔 (Hakka)
• 頭兒／头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
• 頭目／头目 (tóumù)
• 頭頭／头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
• 首腦／首脑 (shǒunǎo)
• 首要 (shǒuyào)
• 首領／首领 (shǒulǐng)
• 龍頭／龙头 (lóngtóu)

 

Derived terms

• 筆頭子／笔头子 (bǐtóuzi)