土豪

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	grand; heroic; luxurious
simp. and trad. (土豪)		土	豪
alternative forms		壕 “nouveau riche”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² hou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔháo
    • 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/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-hô
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofhooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²⁴/

Noun

土豪

1. (literary) local tyrant
2. (neologism, derogatory) uncultured nouveau riche; rural tycoon; newly-rich who dresses inappropriately and behaves awkwardly in public; cashed-up bogan
3. (neologism, humorous) rich person

Synonyms

• (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 cin^4-2 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

• (antonym(s) of “rich person”):

• 散凶人 (Hokkien)
• 散赤人 (Hokkien)
• 散食人 (Hokkien)
• 瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
• 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)
• 窮人子／穷人子 (qiong² ren² zr) (Xiang)
• 艱苦人／艰苦人 (Hokkien)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
• 貧民／贫民 (pínmín)
• 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 土豪金 (tǔháojīn)