鬥頭

Chinese

		fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (鬥頭)		鬥	頭
simp. (斗头)		斗	头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tàu-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàu-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tàu-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dao'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tau¹²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

Noun

鬥頭

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) partner; workmate
2. (Mainland China Hokkien, dated) unregistered or cohabiting spouse
3. (Kinmenese and Penghu Hokkien) mistress; paramour

Synonyms

• (partner):

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• 伙伴 (huǒbàn)
• 伴侶／伴侣 (bànlǚ)
• 同伴 (tóngbàn)
• 拍檔／拍档 (pāidàng) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 搭檔／搭档 (dādàng)
• 朋侶／朋侣 (pénglǚ) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姘婦, 情婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家婆
	Dongguan	契家婆, 情婦
Gan	Nanchang	野老婆
	Pingxiang	野老婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄婆, 婊婆
	Taipei	夥計
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	夥計
	Kaohsiung	夥計
	Yilan	夥計
	Changhua (Lukang)	夥計
	Taichung	夥計仔
	Tainan	夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT
	Hsinchu	夥計
	Kinmen	鬥頭
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥頭
	Leizhou	契家婆
Xiang	Changsha	野老婆
	Loudi	野老婆
	Hengyang	野老婆