唬秤頭

唬秤頭

Chinese

		intimidate; tiger's roar; to fool	weight; weight; importance
trad. (唬秤頭)		唬	秤頭
simp. (唬秤头)		唬	秤头

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hó͘-chhìn-thâu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-chhìn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-tshìn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofchientaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʊ²⁴/

Verb

唬秤頭

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to cheat customers by altering weighing scales

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 偏秤頭／偏秤头, 摀秤頭／摀秤头, 食秤頭／食秤头