刣頭

Chinese

			head; (noun suffix)
trad. (刣頭)		刣	頭
simp. (刣头)		刣	头

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): tài-tàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thâi-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tai⁵ tao⁵

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tài-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵³⁻³³ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâi-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: thâi-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tai'taau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tai⁵ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâi thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

Verb

刣頭

1. (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) to behead; to decapitate
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fire (a worker or a subordinate)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斬首 (“to behead”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic
Mandarin	Taiwan	砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首
	Harbin	殺頭
	Jinan	斬首, 殺頭
	Xi'an	斬首
	Yinchuan	砍頭
	Lanzhou	斬首
	Xining	斬首
	Ürümqi	砍頭
	Wuhan	殺頭, 砍頭
	Chengdu	砍腦殼, 斬首
	Guiyang	砍腦殼
	Liuzhou	砍腦殼, 殺頭
	Xuzhou	殺頭, 砍頭
	Yangzhou	殺頭
	Nanjing	砍頭, 斬頭
	Nantong	剁頭
	Singapore	砍頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斬頭
	Hong Kong	斬頭, 殺頭
	Taishan	斬頭
	Dongguan	斬頭
Gan	Nanchang	殺頭, 砍頭
	Lichuan	殺頭
	Pingxiang	殺腦殼
Hakka	Meixian	殺頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Huizhou	Jixi	殺頭
Jin	Taiyuan	砍頭
	Xinzhou	砍得腦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	殺頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刣頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	刣頭, 斬頭
	Quanzhou	刣頭, 斬頭
	Jinjiang	刣頭
	Yongchun	刣頭
	Zhangzhou	刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭
	Tainan	刣頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刣頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	鏨頭, 刣頭
	Jieyang	斬頭, 刣頭
	Leizhou	砍頭
	Haikou	砍頭
Puxian Min	Putian	刣頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	斬首, 砍頭
Wu	Shanghai	殺頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	殺頭
	Suzhou	殺頭
	Danyang	殺頭
	Hangzhou	殺頭
	Ningbo	殺頭
	Wenzhou	殺頭
	Jinhua	殺頭, 得頭
Xiang	Changsha	砍頭
	Loudi	斫腦殼

Derived terms

• 了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做／了钱生理无人做，刣头生理有人做