頭家
See also: 头家
Chinese
head; (noun suffix) | home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools | ||
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trad. (頭家) | 頭 | 家 | |
simp. (头家) | 头 | 家 |
Pronunciation
Noun
頭家
- (chiefly Min Nan, Hakka) owner (of a shop etc., addressed by customers)
- (chiefly Min Nan, Hakka) boss (addressed by employees)
- (chiefly Min Nan, Hakka) husband
- (gambling) organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings
- (gambling, card games) banker of the first round
- (gambling, card games) first player
- (gambling, card games) preceding player
- organizer of a ceremony at a temple
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老闆 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 老闆 |
Taiwan | 老闆, 頭家 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士 |
Hong Kong | 事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士 | |
Taishan | 事頭, 老細, 老闆 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 老闆 |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭家 |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 頭家 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 頭家 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 頭家 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 頭家 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 頭家 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 老闆, 掌櫃, 掌櫃的 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 老闆 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 頭家 |
Quanzhou | 頭家 | |
Zhangzhou | 頭家 | |
Taipei | 老闆, 頭家 | |
Kaohsiung | 頭家 | |
Tainan | 老闆, 頭家 | |
Taichung | 頭家 | |
Hsinchu | 頭家 | |
Lukang | 頭家 | |
Sanxia | 頭家 | |
Yilan | 老闆, 頭家 | |
Kinmen | 頭家 | |
Magong | 頭家 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 頭家 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 老闆 |
Xiang | Changsha | 老闆 |
Descendants
References
- Myanmar-English Dictionary (1993, Myanmar Language Commission; republished 1996, Dunwoody Press)
Further reading
- “Entry #12096”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
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