囡仔頭

Chinese

		child	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (囡仔頭)		囡仔	頭
simp. (囡仔头)		囡仔	头
alternative forms		囝仔頭／囝仔头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kín-á-thâu / gín-á-thâu / kán-á-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kín-á-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kín-á-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn'aftaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gín-á-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: gín-á-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gyn'aftaau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-á-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kán-á-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafn'aftaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

囡仔頭 (Hokkien)

1. leader of a group of children
2. (humorous) teacher at a primary school or kindergarten

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孩子頭 (“grown-up popular with children or leader of a group of children”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孩子頭, 孩子王
Mandarin	Beijing	孩子頭兒
	Taiwan	孩子王
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細佬哥頭, 細蚊仔頭, 細佬哥王, 細路仔頭
Gan	Nanchang	龍燈頭
Hakka	Meixian	細人頭仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搞頭王
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搞頭王
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搞頭王
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搞頭王
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爽頭王
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細子頭王
Northern Min	Jian'ou	囝仔頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兒囝頭, 兒囝哥頭
	Fuqing	兒囝哥頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	囡仔頭, 囡仔王
	Quanzhou	囡仔頭, 囡仔王
	Zhangzhou	囡仔頭
	Tainan	囡仔王, 囡仔頭王 GT
	Shantou	孥囝頭
	Jieyang	孥囝頭, 猴頭, 猴蛇頭
Wu	Wenzhou	童子癆頭兒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)