紅頭船

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	head; (noun suffix)	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (紅頭船)		紅	頭	船
simp. (红头船)		红	头	船

Etymology

From Teochew.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngtóuchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ tao⁵ zung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngtóuchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngtóuchuán
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-tʻou²-chʻuan²
    • Yale: húng-tóu-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtourchwan
    • Palladius: хунтоучуань (xuntoučuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang⁵ tao⁵ zung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng thâu tsûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

紅頭船

1. (nautical) Teochew junk

   Synonym: 大眼雞／大眼鸡

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     當時唐山戰火紛飛，導致人民生活苦不堪言，潮汕一帶也不例外，很多同鄉為了生存不得不離鄉別井，踏上簡陋的“紅頭船”（即“大眼雞”），漂洋過海來到東南亞各國謀生。 [MSC, trad.]
     当时唐山战火纷飞，导致人民生活苦不堪言，潮汕一带也不例外，很多同乡为了生存不得不离乡别井，踏上简陋的“红头船”（即“大眼鸡”），漂洋过海来到东南亚各国谋生。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dāngshí tángshān zhànhuǒ fēnfēi, dǎozhì rénmín shēnghuó kǔbùkānyán, cháoshàn yīdài yě bù lìwài, hěnduō tóngxiāng wèi le shēngcún bùdébù líxiāngbiéjǐng, tàshàng jiǎnlòu de “hóngtóuchuán” (jí “dàyǎnjī”), piàoyáng guòhǎi láidào dōngnányà gèguó móushēng. [Pinyin]

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References

• Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Nautical”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press
• Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “船 (cûn)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press