穡頭
Chinese
edit| gather in harvest | head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (穡頭) | 穡 | 頭 | |
| simp. (穑头) | 穑 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-thâu
- Tâi-lô: sit-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: sittaau
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
edit穡頭
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) farm work
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) work
Synonyms
edit- (farm work):
- (work):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 職, 業 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 職業, 工作 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 工作 |
| Singapore | 工, 工作 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 工 |
| Hong Kong | 工 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 工 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭路 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭路 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭路 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭路 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭路 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Quanzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 | |
| Jinjiang | 頭路 | |
| Zhangzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 | |
| Taipei | 頭路 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頭路, 職業 | |
| Kaohsiung | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 | |
| Yilan | 工課, 頭路, 職業 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 工課, 頭路, 職業 | |
| Taichung | 頭路, 工課, 穡頭 | |
| Tainan | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 | |
| Hsinchu | 頭路, 工課 | |
| Kinmen | 頭路, 工課 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 工課 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 工課, 工 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 工, 頭路, 工課 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 頭路 | |
| Jieyang | 工課 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 工, 工課 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 工 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 生活, 營生 | |
| Suzhou | 行當 | |
| Danyang | 生活 | |
| Ningbo | 生活, 行當 | |
| Wenzhou | 行當 | |
| Jinhua | 行當, 事幹, 生活 | |
References
edit- “Entry #12574”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.