冤大頭

See also: 冤大头

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	big head; head mask
trad. (冤大頭)		冤	大頭
simp. (冤大头)		冤	大头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuāndàtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ daai⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuāndàtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuandàtóu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-ta⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: ywān-dà-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuandahtour
    • Palladius: юаньдатоу (juanʹdatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ daai⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: yūn daaih tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ daai⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ dai⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

冤大頭

1. person who was ripped off; person deceived on account of his or her generosity; squanderer