大頭佛

Chinese

		big head; head mask	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (大頭佛)		大頭	佛
simp. (大头佛)		大头	佛

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ tau⁴ fat⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ tau⁴ fat⁶
    • Yale: daaih tàuh faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tau⁴ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ teo⁴ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tʰɐu̯²¹ fɐt̚²/

大頭佛 (1)

Noun

大頭佛

1. (Cantonese) mask with a smiley face, often used in a lion dance (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Cantonese) big trouble; complete mess; chaos (See also 頭大 / 头大 (tau⁴ daai⁶)) (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   搞出個大頭佛 [Cantonese, trad.]
   搞出个大头佛 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaau² ceot¹ go³ daai⁶ tau⁴ fat⁶ [Jyutping]

   to make a big trouble

3. (Cantonese) motorcycle full face helmet (Classifier: 個／个 c; 頂／顶 c)