阿head

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
simp. and trad. (阿head)		阿	head

Etymology

From 阿 +‎ English head.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ het¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ het¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ het⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ héd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ hɛːt̚⁵/

Noun

阿head

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) boss; leader

Synonyms

• 阿頭／阿头