死人頭

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	man; person; people	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (死人頭)		死	人	頭
simp. (死人头)		死	人	头

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jan⁴ tau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-ngìn-thèu

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² jan⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: séi yàhn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jan⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² yen⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-ngìn-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi` nginˇ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ ngin² teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /si³¹ ŋin¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/

Noun

死人頭

1. (chiefly Cantonese, derogatory) a jerk, a contemptible person

   嗰個死人頭去咗邊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   嗰个死人头去咗边？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   go² go³ sei² jan⁴ tau⁴ heoi³ zo² bin¹? [Jyutping]

   Where did that jerk go?

2. (Hakka, derogatory) a numskull, a dunce, one who does not react accordingly to different situations

   這隻死人頭，這條路行毋通，毋會換條路？ [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
   这只死人头，这条路行毋通，毋会换条路？ [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

   Liá chak sí-ngìn-thèu, liá thiàu lu hàng m̀ thûng, m̀ voi von thiàu lu? [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

   You numskull, we can't go this way, can't you find another?