# 刣頭
## Chinese
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the Taiwanese sense of "fired" related to Japanese 首”

### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): tài-tàu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thâi-thâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^5$ tao$^5$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tài-tàu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵³⁻³³ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâi-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: thâi-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tai'taau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰai²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^5$ tao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâi thâu
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

### Verb

刣頭
* (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) to behead; to decapitate
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fire (a worker or a subordinate)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 殺頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 砍頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 斬首, 殺頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 斬首 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 斬首 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 殺頭, 砍頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 砍頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 斬首 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 砍頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 砍腦殼, 斬首 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 殺頭, 砍頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 砍腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 砍腦殼, 殺頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 砍頭, 斬頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 殺頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 剁頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 斬頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 斬頭, 殺頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 斬頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 斬頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 殺頭, 砍頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 殺頭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 殺腦殼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 殺頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 殺頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 砍頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 砍得腦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 殺頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 刣頭, 斬頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 刣頭, 斬頭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鏨頭, 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 斬頭, 刣頭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 砍頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 砍頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 刣頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 斬首, 砍頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 殺頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 殺頭, 得頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 砍頭 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 斫腦殼 |

#### Derived terms

* 了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做／了钱生理无人做，刣头生理有人做