賺頭

賺頭

See also: 赚头

Chinese

		cheat; swindle; earn cheat; swindle; earn; make a profit	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (賺頭)		賺	頭
simp. (赚头)		赚	头

Etymology

"tongue"

A euphemism for 舌頭／舌头 (“tongue”) as the first syllable 舌 is homophonous with 折 (“to be at a loss”) in some dialects. Compare semantically Cantonese 脷 (lei6, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶ tau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): choán-thâu
• Wu (Wiktionary): ze deu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuàntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuànto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: jwàn-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann.tou
    • Palladius: чжуаньтоу (čžuanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaan⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: jaahn tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuán-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafntaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ze deu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥e̞²² d̥ɜ⁴⁴/

Noun

賺頭

1. (informal) profit
2. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Wu) tongue (especially of an animal)

Synonyms

• (profit):

edit

利益 (lìyì) 盈利 (yínglì) 利潤／利润 (lìrùn) 利純／利纯 (Min Nan)

利頭／利头 (Min Nan) 潤／润 (rùn) (literary, or in compounds) 賺／赚 (zhuàn) (informal) 賺頭兒／赚头儿 (zhuàntour) (Beijing)

• (tongue):

Dialectal synonyms of 舌頭 (“tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舌
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舌頭, 舌
Mandarin	Beijing	舌頭
	Taiwan	舌頭
	Tianjin	舌頭
	Langfang	舌頭
	Chengde	舌頭
	Tangshan	舌頭
	Cangzhou	舌頭
	Baoding	舌頭
	Shijiazhuang	舌頭
	Daming	舌頭
	Ulanhot	舌頭
	Tongliao	舌頭
	Chifeng	舌頭
	Bayanhot	舌頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	舌頭
	Heihe	舌頭
	Qiqihar	舌頭
	Harbin	舌頭
	Jiamusi	舌頭
	Baicheng	舌頭
	Changchun	舌頭
	Tonghua	舌頭
	Shenyang	舌頭
	Dandong	舌頭
	Jinzhou	舌頭
	Dalian	舌頭
	Yantai	舌頭
	Yantai (Muping)	舌頭
	Qingdao	舌頭
	Lijin	舌頭
	Zhucheng	舌頭
	Jinan	舌頭
	Jining	舌頭
	Luoyang	舌頭
	Wanrong	舌頭
	Shangqiu	舌頭
	Yuanyang	舌頭
	Zhengzhou	舌頭
	Kaifeng	舌頭
	Lingbao	舌頭
	Xinyang	舌頭
	Baihe	舌頭
	Hanzhong	舌頭
	Xi'an	舌頭
	Baoji	舌頭
	Yinchuan	舌頭
	Tianshui	舌頭
	Lanzhou	舌頭
	Dunhuang	舌頭
	Xining	舌頭, 舌
	Hami	舌頭
	Ürümqi	舌頭
	Wuhan	舌頭, 賺頭
	Huanggang	舌頭
	Yichang	舌頭, 賺頭
	Xiangyang	舌頭
	Tianmen	舌頭
	Hong'an	舌頭, 賺頭
	Chengdu	舌頭兒
	Nanchong	舌頭
	Dazhou	舌頭
	Hanyuan	舌頭兒
	Xichang	舌頭
	Zigong	舌頭
Chongqing	舌頭兒
Guiyang	舌頭
Zunyi	舌頭, 舌條兒
Bijie	舌頭
Liping	舌頭, 舌條
Zhaotong	舌頭
Dali	舌頭
Kunming	舌頭
Mengzi	舌頭
Guilin	舌頭
Guilin (Lingui)	舌頭
Liuzhou	脷錢
Liuzhou (Luorong)	舌頭
Nanning (Wuming)	脷錢, 脷
Jishou	舌頭兒
Changde	舌子
Yongzhou	舌頭
Anqing	舌條
Xuzhou	舌頭
Fuyang	舌頭
Wuhu	舌條
Yangzhou	舌頭
Lianyungang	舌頭
Lianshui	舌頭
Xinghua	舌頭
Nanjing	舌頭
Hefei	舌頭
Nantong	舌頭
Yanping	舌頭
Malaysia	舌頭
Singapore	舌頭
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	舌頭
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	舌頭
Kokang	舌頭
Dagudi (Maliba)	舌頭
Reshuitang (Longling)	舌頭
Mae Salong (Lancang)	舌頭
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	舌頭
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	舌頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	脷
	Hong Kong	脷
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	脷
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	脷
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	脷
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	脷
	Macau	脷
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	脷
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	脷
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	脷
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	脷
	Foshan	脷
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	脷
	Foshan (Shunde)	脷
	Foshan (Sanshui)	脷
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	脷
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	脷
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	脷
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	脷
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	脷
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	脷
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	脷
	Taishan	脷
	Kaiping (Chikan)	脷
	Enping (Niujiang)	脷
	Heshan (Yayao)	脷
	Dongguan	脷
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	脷
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	脷
	Qingyuan	脷
	Fogang	脷
	Yingde (Hanguang)	脷
	Yangshan	脷
	Lianshan (Butian)	脷
	Shaoguan	脷
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	脷
	Renhua	脷, 舌頭
	Lechang	脷
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	脷
	Sihui	脷
	Guangning	脷, 舌
	Deqing	脷
	Huaiji	舌, 脷
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	舌頭, 舌, 舌脷
	Yunfu	脷
	Xinxing	脷
	Luoding	脷, 脷頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	脷頭
	Yangjiang	脷
	Xinyi	脷
	Maoming (Xinpo)	脷
	Lianjiang	脷
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	脷
	Nanning	脷錢, 脷
	Nanning (Tanka)	脷錢
	Wuzhou	脷
	Yulin	脷錢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	脷錢, 舌頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	脷頭, 舌頭
	Guiping	脷錢
	Guiping (Mule)	舌頭
	Pingnan	脷
	Mengshan (Xihe)	舌
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	脷
Guigang (Nanjiang)	脷
Guigang (Pingdong)	脷
Beiliu (Tangliao)	脷錢
Baise	脷錢
Bobai	脷錢
Lingshan	脷
Pubei	脷錢
Qinzhou	脷錢
Beihai	脷錢, 脷, 舌頭
Beihai (Nankang)	舌頭
Beihai (Yingpan)	舌頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	脷
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	脷
Ningming	脷錢
Hengxian	脷
Hezhou (Pumen)	舌頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	脷
Danzhou	舌頭臉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	脷
Singapore (Guangfu)	脷
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	脷
Móng Cái	脷
Yangon (Taishan)	脷
Mandalay (Taishan)	脷
Bangkok (Guangfu)	脷
Gan	Nanchang	舌頭
	Lichuan	舌
	Pingxiang	舌頭, 舌子
Hakka	Meixian	舌嫲
	Xingning	舌嫲
	Dabu (Xihe)	舌嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	脷
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	脷
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	脷
	Huiyang	舌嫲
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	脷頭
	Huidong (Daling)	舌嫲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	舌嫲
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	脷
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	脷
	Boluo (Bendihua)	脷, 脷伊
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	舌嫲
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	舌嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	舌嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Changbu)	舌嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	舌嫲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	脷
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	舌嫲
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	脷勢, 舌頭, 舌嫲
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	脷頭
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	脷, 脷頭
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	脷
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	舌嫲, 舌脷
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	舌頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	舌頭
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	舌脷
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	舌脷
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舌嫲
	Conghua (Lütian)	舌嫲
	Jiexi	舌嫲
	Luhe	舌嫲
	Changting	舌頭
	Wuping	舌嫲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	舌嫲
	Liancheng	舌頭
	Liancheng (Peitian)	口舌
	Ninghua	舌頭
	Yudu	舌頭, 舌刁
	Ruijin	舌頭
	Shicheng	舌咀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	舌刁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舌嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舌嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舌嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舌嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舌嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	舌
	Hong Kong	舌嫲
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	脷錢
	Bobai (Shahe)	脷錢
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	舌嫲頭
	Mashan (Pianlian)	舌嫲
	Sabah (Longchuan)	舌嫲
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	舌嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	舌嫲
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	舌嫲
	Singkawang	舌嫲
	Singapore (Meixian)	舌嫲
	Singapore (Dabu)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Meixian)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Fengshun)	舌嫲
Bangkok (Jiexi)	舌嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	口舌
	Shexian	口舌, 嘴舌
	Tunxi	舌兒
	Xiuning	舌兒
	Yixian	舌
	Qimen	舌條
	Wuyuan	舌頭
	Fuliang	舌條
	Dexing	舌頭
	Shitai (Xianyu)	舌條
Jin	Taiyuan	舌頭
	Pingyao	舌頭
	Yangyuan	舌頭
	Datong	舌頭
	Xinzhou	舌頭
	Lishi	舌頭
	Linfen	舌頭
	Changzhi	舌頭
	Taibus (Baochang)	舌頭
	Linhe	舌頭
	Jining	舌頭
	Hohhot	舌頭
	Baotou	舌頭
	Dongsheng	舌頭
	Haibowan	舌頭
	Erenhot	舌頭
	Pingshan	舌頭
	Zhangjiakou	舌頭
	Handan	舌頭
	Linzhou	舌頭
	Suide	舌頭
Min Bei	Jian'ou	舌
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	喙舌
	Zhenghe	舌
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	喙舌
	Wuyishan	舌
	Pucheng (Shibei)	舌
Min Dong	Fuzhou	喙舌
	Changle	喙舌
	Fuqing	喙舌
	Yongtai	喙舌
	Gutian	喙舌
	Fu'an	喙舌
	Ningde	喙舌
	Shouning	喙舌
	Zhouning	喙舌
	Fuding	喙舌
	Matsu	抹老, 舌, 喙舌
Min Nan	Xiamen	舌仔
	Quanzhou	舌仔
	Anxi	喙舌
	Yongchun	喙舌
	Zhangzhou	舌仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	舌仔
	Zhao'an	舌
	Dongshan	舌
	Taipei	喙舌
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙舌
	Kaohsiung	舌
	Yilan	舌, 喙舌
	Changhua (Lukang)	舌
	Taichung	喙舌
	Taichung (Wuqi)	喙舌
	Tainan	舌
	Taitung	喙舌
	Hsinchu	喙舌
	Kinmen	舌
	Penghu (Magong)	舌
	Penang (Hokkien)	舌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舌
	Manila (Hokkien)	舌仔
	Longyan	舌仔
	Zhangping	舌
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	舌
	Datian	舌頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	舌頭
	Chaozhou	舌
	Shantou	舌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	舌
	Jieyang	舌, 舌囝
	Haifeng	舌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	舌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	舌
	Singapore (Teochew)	舌
	Leizhou	舌
	Wenchang	舌
	Haikou	舌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	舌
Puxian Min	Putian	喙舌
	Xianyou	喙舌
Min Zhong	Yong'an	舌
	Shaxian	舌
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	脷
	Sanxiang	舌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	脷錢
	Nanning (Shajing)	脷錢
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	脷錢
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	舌頭
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	舌子
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	舌頭
Shehua	Fu'an	舌
	Fuding	嘴舌
	Luoyuan	嘴舌
	Sanming	舌
	Shunchang	舌
	Hua'an	舌
	Guixi (Zhangping)	舌
	Cangnan	舌
	Jingning	舌
	Lishui	舌
	Longyou	舌
	Chaozhou	舌
	Fengshun	舌嫲
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	舌頭
Wu	Shanghai	舌頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	舌頭
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	舌頭
	Suzhou	舌頭
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	舌頭
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	舌頭
	Wuxi	舌頭
	Changshu	舌頭
	Kunshan	舌頭
	Jiaxing	舌頭
	Changzhou	舌頭
	Liyang	舌頭
	Yixing	舌頭
	Danyang	舌頭
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	舌頭
	Jingjiang	舌頭
	Jiangyin	舌頭
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	舌頭
	Hangzhou	舌頭
	Shaoxing	舌苔
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	舌頭
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	舌頭
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	舌頭
	Ningbo	舌頭
	Yuyao	舌頭
	Huangyan	口舌
	Wenzhou	口舌
	Quzhou	舌頭
	Jinhua	口舌
	Yongkang	口舌
Xiang	Changsha	舌子
	Loudi	舌子
	Shuangfeng	舌子
	Quanzhou	舌子
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	舌子