角頭

Chinese

		horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (角頭)		角	頭
simp. (角头)		角	头
anagram		頭角／头角

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kak-thâu / kak--thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gag⁴ tao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷koq-deu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kak-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaktaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak--thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kak--thâu
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gag⁴ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kak̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-deu
    • MiniDict: koh^入 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

角頭

1. (Hokkien) corner (formed by two walls); nook
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, euphemistic) local leader or local triad boss
3. (Shanghainese) banknote of a denomination in units of jiao

Synonyms

• (corner):

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• 圪撈撈 / 圪捞捞 (geh⁵ lau¹ lau^1-3) (Jin)
• 壁角 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial)
• 拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial)
• 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 牆角 / 墙角 (qiángjiǎo)
• 犄角 (colloquial)
• 角勢 / 角势 (Hokkien)
• 角落 (jiǎoluò)
• 角落頭 / 角落头 (gok³ lok^6-1 tau^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 角角 (gáe̤k-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)

• (banknote):

Dialectal synonyms of 角票 (“banknote of a denomination in units of jiao”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角票
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛票兒
	Harbin	毛票兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	毛票兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛票兒
	Xi'an	毛毛兒錢
	Xuzhou	毛票兒, 毛票子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛票子, 毛毛錢
	Ürümqi	毛票兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	角角子
	Guiyang	角角錢
	Liuzhou	毛票
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毛票
	Yangzhou	角票
Gan	Lichuan	角票
Southern Min	Xiamen	散角, 角仔
Wu	Shanghai	角頭, 角票
	Danyang	角票
	Ningbo	角票
Xiang	Changsha	角票