角頭

Chinese

		horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (角頭)		角	頭
simp. (角头)		角	头
anagram		頭角／头角

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kak-thâu / kak--thâu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷koq-deu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kak-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaktaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak--thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kak--thâu
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-deu
    • MiniDict: koh^入 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

角頭

1. (Hokkien) corner (formed by two walls); nook
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, euphemistic) local leader or local triad boss
3. (Shanghainese) banknote of a denomination in ten cents

Synonyms

• (corner):

• 圪撈撈／圪捞捞 (geh⁵ lau¹ lau^1-3) (Jin)
• 壁角 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial)
• 拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial)
• 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 牆角／墙角 (qiángjiǎo)
• 犄角 (colloquial)
• 角勢／角势 (Hokkien)
• 角落 (jiǎoluò)
• 角落頭／角落头 (gok³ lok^6-1 tau^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

 

• (banknote): 角票