地霸

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
trad. (地霸)		地	霸
simp. #(地霸)		地	霸

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de⁵ ba⁴

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: de⁵ ba⁴ [Phonetic: de¹ ba⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤-ba̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /te²¹⁻⁵⁵ pa⁴²/

Noun

地霸

1. (Puxian Min) local bully

Synonyms

• 地頭蛇／地头蛇 (dìtóushé)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “地霸”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 137.