肉頭

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): ròutou

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): rōutóu

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жуту (řutu, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ tau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): rou³ tou¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸gnioq-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròutou
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròuto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: ròu-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: row.tou
  - Palladius: жоутоу (žoutou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: rōutóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤu⁵⁵ tʰɤu²⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жуту (řutu, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐou⁴⁴ tʰou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: yuhk tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: rou³ tou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəu⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gnioq-deu
  - MiniDict: nyoh^入 deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵nyioq-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

Noun

肉頭

(Xi'an and Yinchuan Mandarin, Dungan, derogatory) incompetent person
(Yinchuan Mandarin) person who is prone to being duped and suffer losses
(Taiyuan Jin) fatty; fatso
(Taiyuan Jin) person with a slow temper
(Hainanese) piece of meat attached to the vertebra of a slaughtered pig
(Shanghainese) 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
  ⁸geq-piq ¹san-i ⁸gnioq-deu ⁶gheu ⁸gheq [Wugniu]
  This enterprise gives quite a large piece of the pie!
(Shanghainese) asset; financial resource
(Hangzhounese) edible part (of fish, meat, melon, fruit, etc.)

Synonyms

(incompetent person): (Shanghainese) 戇大／戆大

Dialectal synonyms of 胖子 (“fat person; fatty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胖子, 大塊頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胖子
	Taiwan	胖子
	Singapore	胖子, 小胖
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	胖子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	肥賊
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	胖子, 胖德拉斯, 胖豬 derogatory
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	肥佬 man, 肥婆 woman, 肥崽 child
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	胖子, 大塊頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	胖子, 大塊頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿肥, 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥仔嘜 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥妹 girl
	Hong Kong	肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥仔嘜 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥妹 girl
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	肥佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	肥佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	肥佬
	Taishan	肥仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	肥人, 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥女 girl
	Dongguan	肥佬 man, 𦛚仔 boy, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman
	Rongxian	肥佬
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	肥佬
	Hepu (Shatian)	肥佬
	Guiping	肥佬
	Guiping (Mule)	肥佬
	Pingnan	肥佬
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	肥佬
	Guigang (Pingdong)	肥佬
	Beihai	肥佬
	Beihai (Nankang)	肥佬
	Beihai (Yingpan)	肥佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	肥佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	肥佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	肥佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	肥佬, 肥仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	肥仔 male, 肥婆 woman
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	肥佬
	Móng Cái	肥佬
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	肥佬
	Betong (Rongxian)	肥佬
Gan	Nanchang	胖子
	Lichuan	胖子
	Pingxiang	壯牯
Hakka	Meixian	肥牯仔, 肥牯四, 阿肥, 肥婆 woman
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	𦛚仔, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	𦛚仔, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Boluo (Bendihua)	肥仔, 𦛚女 woman, 肥女 woman, 肥婆 woman
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	肥佬
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	肥佬, 𦛚仔, 肥婆 woman
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥牯伊, 𦛚牯伊, 肥婆 woman
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 𦛚牯哎, 肥婆 woman
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	𦛚牯仔, 𦛚牯蒂, 𦛚嫲 woman
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	𦛚仔
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	肥仔, 肥佬, 肥婆 woman
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	肥仔, 肥婆 woman
	Yudu	肥牯子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大箍牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大箍仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大箍牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大箍牯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大箍牯
	Hong Kong	肥佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	肥仔
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	大肥
Huizhou	Jixi	大塊頭子
Jin	Taiyuan	肉頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	肥仔, 肥仔豨 derogatory
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	阿肥, 阿肥豬 derogatory, 豬母 woman
Southern Min	Xiamen	肥的
	Quanzhou	肥的
	Jinjiang	肥的
	Zhangzhou	肥的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿肥, 肥的, 肥豬 derogatory, 大肥豬 derogatory
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿肥, 肥仔
	Chaozhou	大肥
	Shantou	肥囝
	Jieyang	肥囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	肥佬, 大肥
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	大肥, 肥佬
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	大肥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	肥囝
	Leizhou	妃肥
	Haikou	妚肥爹 boy, 妚肥囝 boy, 妚肥姩 woman
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	肥佬, 肥崽, 肥婆 woman
Wu	Shanghai	大塊頭, 爛大塊頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大塊頭
	Suzhou	大塊頭
	Danyang	胖豬 derogatory
	Hangzhou	大塊頭
	Ningbo	大塊頭, 大胖嘵豬 derogatory, 大阿福 child
	Wenzhou	阿壯兒 derogatory, 大朦 derogatory
Xiang	Changsha	棉花包

(piece of the pie): (Standard) 油水 (yóushuǐ)
(asset): (Standard) 財力／财力 (cáilì)

Adjective

肉頭

(dialectal, Harbin and Jinan Mandarin) soft and fleshy; chubby; plump
(Harbin Mandarin) tough, flexible and tasty (of food)
(Jinan Mandarin) tough and chewy (of food)
(Jinan Mandarin) dull and sluggish (of a person)
(Luoyang Mandarin, derogatory) rigid; inflexible (of a person)

Synonyms

(tough and chewy): (Jinan) 肉

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròutóu

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄊㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ròutóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ròutóu
  - Wade–Giles: jou⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: ròu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowtour
  - Palladius: жоутоу (žoutou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Adjective

肉頭

(dialectal) weak and incompetent; weak-willed
(dialectal) foolish; stupid
(dialectal) full of misgivings; overcautious
(dialectal) mean; miserly