禍首

See also: 祸首

Chinese

		disaster	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (禍首)		禍	首
simp. (祸首)		祸	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǒ͘-siú / hō-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-shou³
    • Yale: hwò-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohshoou
    • Palladius: хошоу (xošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁶ sau²
    • Yale: woh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒ͘-siú
    • Tâi-lô: hǒo-siú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²² siu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-siú
    • Tâi-lô: hō-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoixsiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ siu⁴¹/

Noun

禍首

1. chief criminal; main culprit; primary offender; ringleader

Synonyms

• 罪魁 (zuìkuí)
• 首惡／首恶 (shǒu'è)

 

Derived terms

• 禍首罪魁／祸首罪魁
• 罪魁禍首／罪魁祸首 (zuìkuíhuòshǒu)