肉頭

Chinese

		meat; flesh	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (肉頭)		肉	頭
simp. (肉头)		肉	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жуту (řutu, III-I)
Wu (Wiktionary): ⁵nyioq-deu

Mandarin
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жуту (řutu, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐou⁴⁴ tʰou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ⁵nyioq-deu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi̯ʊʔ¹¹ d̥ɜ²³/

Noun

肉頭

(Dungan, derogatory) incompetent person
(Shanghainese Wu) piece of the pie
搿筆生意肉頭厚個！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
搿笔生意肉头厚个！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 28
[ɡ̊əʔ¹¹ pi̯ɪʔ²³ sã⁵⁵ i²¹ n̠ʲi̯ʊʔ¹¹ d̥ɜ²³ ɦɜ²³ ɦəʔ¹²] [IPA]
This enterprise gives quite a large piece of the pie!
(Shanghainese Wu) asset; financial resource

Synonyms

(incompetent person): (Shanghainese) 戇大／戆大
(piece of the pie): (Standard) 油水 (yóushuǐ)
(asset): (Standard) 財力／财力 (cáilì)

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