蛇頭

See also: 蛇头

Chinese

		snake; serpent	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蛇頭)		蛇	頭
simp. (蛇头)		蛇	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shétóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chôa-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shétóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shétóu
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-tʻou²
    • Yale: shé-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertour
    • Palladius: шэтоу (šɛtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: sèh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuâ-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoa'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

蛇頭

1. snakehead
2. (slang) people smuggler; human trafficker

Synonyms

• (people smuggler): 人販子／人贩子 (rénfànzi)

Derived terms

• 老蛇頭 / 老蛇头
• 蛇頭指 / 蛇头指
• 蛇頭鼠眼 / 蛇头鼠眼 (shétóushǔyǎn)

Descendants

• → Macanese: cabéça-di-cobra (calque)