地頭蛇

Chinese

		edge of a field; destination	snake; serpent
trad. (地頭蛇)		地頭	蛇
simp. (地头蛇)		地头	蛇
Literally: “local snake”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìtóushé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ tau⁴ se⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tē-thâu-chôa / tōe-thâu-chôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dìtóushé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtoursher
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìtóushé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ tau⁴ se⁴
  - Yale: deih tàuh sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ tau⁴ se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ teo⁴ sé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-thâu-chôa / tōe-thâu-chôa
  - Tâi-lô: tē-thâu-tsuâ / tuē-thâu-tsuâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dextauzoaa, doextauzoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/, /tue²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/, /tue⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² t͡sua¹³/, /tue²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² t͡sua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/, /tue³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/, /tue³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/

Idiom

地頭蛇

local bully; arbitrary local person

Derived terms

強龍不壓地頭蛇／强龙不压地头蛇 (qiáng lóng bù yā dìtóushé)
強龍壓不過地頭蛇／强龙压不过地头蛇
強龍難壓地頭蛇／强龙难压地头蛇

強龍難敵地頭蛇／强龙难敌地头蛇
惡龍不鬥地頭蛇／恶龙不斗地头蛇

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