土豪
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Chinese
[edit]earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
grand; heroic; luxurious | ||
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simp. and trad. (土豪) |
土 | 豪 | |
alternative forms | 壕 “nouveau riche” |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄏㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǔháo
- Wade–Giles: tʻu3-hao2
- Yale: tǔ-háu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuhaur
- Palladius: тухао (tuxao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 hou4
- Yale: tóu hòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 hou4
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 hou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ hou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]土豪
- (literary) local tyrant
- (neologism, derogatory) uncultured nouveau riche; rural tycoon; newly-rich who dresses inappropriately and behaves awkwardly in public; cashed-up bogan
- (neologism, humorous) rich person
Synonyms
[edit]- (rich person):
- 大亨 (dàhēng)
- 大款 (dàkuǎn) (colloquial)
- 好額人/好额人 (Hokkien)
- 富人 (fùrén)
- 富翁 (fùwēng)
- 有米人 (6yeu-mi-gnin) (Wu)
- 有錢人/有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
- 有錢佬/有钱佬 (jau5 cin4-2 lou2) (Cantonese, Hakka)
- 有鐳人/有镭人 (Hokkien)
- 水喉 (seoi2 hau4) (Cantonese, figurative)
- 糧富/粮富 (Hakka)
- 財主/财主 (cáizhu)
- 財主佬/财主佬 (coi4 zyu2 lou2) (Cantonese)
- 財東/财东 (cáidōng)
- 闊佬/阔佬 (kuòlǎo) (colloquial)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “rich person”):
Derived terms
[edit]- 土豪金 (tǔháojīn)