膽頭

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (膽頭)		膽	頭
simp. (胆头)		胆	头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvaftaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

Noun

膽頭

1. (Hokkien) courage; nerve; valour

Synonyms

• 勇氣／勇气 (yǒngqì)
• 種／种 (colloquial)
• 腰子 (yāozi) (colloquial, figurative)
• 膽／胆 (dǎn) (figurative)
• 膽子／胆子 (dǎnzi)
• 膽量／胆量 (dǎnliàng)

 

References

• “Entry #12373”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.