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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tē-thâu-chôa / tōe-thâu-chôa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ tao⁵ zua⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-deu-zo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìtóushé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìtóushé
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-tʻou²-shê²
    • Yale: dì-tóu-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtoursher
    • Palladius: дитоушэ (ditoušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ tau⁴ se⁴
    • Yale: deih tàuh sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ tau⁴ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ teo⁴ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-thâu-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: tē-thâu-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dextauzoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-thâu-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-thâu-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doextauzoaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁷ tao⁵ zua⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī thâu tsuâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-deu-zo
    • MiniDict: di^去 deu zo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-deu-zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² dɤ⁵⁵ zo²¹/

Idiom

地頭蛇

1. (figurative) local bully; peremptory or tyrannical local

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