# 頭家娘
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thèu-kâ-ngiòng
    (Hailu, HRS): teu ga$^ˋ$ ngiong
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-ke-niû / thâu-kee-niô͘ / thâu-ke-niô͘ / thâu-kee-niâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tao$^5$ gê$^1$ niê$^5$ / tao$^5$ gê$^1$ nio$^5$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-kâ-ngiòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu$^ˇ$ ga$^ˊ$ ngiong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: teu$^2$ ga$^1$ ngiong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ ka²⁴ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: teu ga$^ˋ$ ngiong
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ ka⁵³ ŋioŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-ke-niû
*** Tâi-lô: thâu-ke-niû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tau'keniuu
*** IPA (Singapore): /tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴⁻²² niu²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² ke³³ niũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Philippines): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² ke³³ niu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-kee-niô͘
*** Tâi-lô: thâu-kee-niôo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/
** (Hokkien: Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-ke-niô͘
*** Tâi-lô: thâu-ke-niôo
*** IPA (Tainan): /tʰau²⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ niɔ̃²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-kee-niâu
*** Tâi-lô: thâu-kee-niâu
*** IPA (Penang): /tʰau²³⁻²¹ kɛ³³⁻²¹ niau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tao$^5$ gê$^1$ niê$^5$ / tao$^5$ gê$^1$ nio$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu ke niê / thâu ke niô
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/, /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

### Noun

頭家娘
* (Hakka, Southern Min) proprietress; boss's wife; female boss

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老闆娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老闆娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老闆娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老闆娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老闆娘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老闆娘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老闆娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 內掌櫃, 掌櫃婆兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老闆娘, 掌櫃娘子 dated, face-to-face, 掌櫃婆娘 dated, non-face-to-face |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子, 掌櫃娘子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老闆娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老闆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老闆娘, 老闆兒娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老闆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老闆娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老闆娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老闆奶奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 事頭婆, 老闆娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 事頭婆, 老闆娘 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 事頭婆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老闆娘, 事頭婆 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 事頭婆 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老細婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老闆娘子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老闆娘 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老闆娘 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭家娘 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭家娘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭家娘 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭家娘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭家娘 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭家娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老闆娘, 女掌櫃, 女掌櫃的 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老闆娘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老闆嫂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老闆嫂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 頭家娘, 頭家嫂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 頭家娘 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 老闆娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 老闆娘 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 頭家娘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 老闆婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老闆娘, 老闆婆 non-face-to-face |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老闆娘, 老闆娘娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老闆娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老闆娘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老闆娘, 老闆嫚嫚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老闆娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老闆娘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老闆娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老闆兒娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老闆娘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老闆娘, 老闆娘子 |

#### Descendants

* → Thai: เถ้าแก่เนี้ย (tâo-gɛ̀ɛ-níia)