# 肉頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ròutou
       (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): rōutóu
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жуту (řutu, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): juk$^6$ tau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): rou$^3$ tou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$gnioq-deu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ròutou
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ˙ㄊㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ròuto̊u
*** Wade–Giles: jou$^4$-tʻou$^5$
*** Yale: ròu-tou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: row.tou
*** Palladius: жоутоу (žoutou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: rōutóu
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɤu⁵⁵ tʰɤu²⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жуту (řutu, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐou⁴⁴ tʰou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: juk$^6$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: yuhk tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: juk$^9$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yug$^6$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: rou$^3$ tou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəu⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$gnioq-deu
*** MiniDict: nyoh$^入$ deu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$nyioq-deu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

#### Noun

肉頭
* (Xi'an and Yinchuan Mandarin, Dungan, derogatory) incompetent person
* (Yinchuan Mandarin) person who is prone to being duped and suffer losses
* (Taiyuan Jin) fatty; fatso
* (Taiyuan Jin) person with a slow temper
* (Hainanese) piece of meat attached to the vertebra of a slaughtered pig
* (Shanghainese) piece of the pie
    From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 28
    $^8$geq-piq $^1$san-i $^8$gnioq-deu $^6$gheu $^8$gheq [Wugniu]
    This enterprise gives quite a large piece of the pie!
* (Shanghainese) asset; financial resource
* (Hangzhounese) edible part (of fish, meat, melon, fruit, etc.)

##### Synonyms

* (incompetent person): (Shanghainese) 戇大／戆大
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 胖子, 大塊頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 胖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 胖子, 小胖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 胖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 肥賊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 胖子, 胖德拉斯, 胖豬 derogatory |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 肥佬 man, 肥婆 woman, 肥崽 child |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 胖子, 大塊頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 胖子, 大塊頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿肥, 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥仔嘜 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥妹 girl |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥仔嘜 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥妹 girl |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 肥仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 肥人, 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman, 肥女 girl |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 肥佬 man, 𦛚仔 boy, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 肥佬, 肥仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 肥仔 male, 肥婆 woman |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 肥佬 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 肥佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 胖子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 胖子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 壯牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 肥牯仔, 肥牯四, 阿肥, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 肥佬 man, 肥仔 boy, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 𦛚仔, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 𦛚仔, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 肥仔, 𦛚女 woman, 肥女 woman, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 肥佬 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 𦛚仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 肥仔, 肥牯伊, 𦛚牯伊, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 肥仔, 𦛚牯哎, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 𦛚牯仔, 𦛚牯蒂, 𦛚嫲 woman |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 𦛚仔 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 肥佬, 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 肥仔, 肥佬, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 肥仔, 肥婆 woman |
| Hakka | Yudu | 肥牯子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大箍牯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 大箍仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大箍牯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 大箍牯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 大箍牯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 肥佬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 肥仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 大肥 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 大塊頭子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 肉頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 肥仔, 肥仔豨 derogatory |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 阿肥, 阿肥豬 derogatory, 豬母 woman |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 肥的 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 肥的 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 肥的 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 肥的 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿肥, 肥的, 肥豬 derogatory, 大肥豬 derogatory |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿肥, 肥仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 大肥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 肥囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 肥囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 肥佬, 大肥 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 大肥, 肥佬 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 大肥 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 肥囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 妃肥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 妚肥爹 boy, 妚肥囝 boy, 妚肥姩 woman |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 肥佬, 肥崽, 肥婆 woman |
| Wu | Shanghai | 大塊頭, 爛大塊頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 大塊頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 大塊頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 胖豬 derogatory |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 大塊頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 大塊頭, 大胖嘵豬 derogatory, 大阿福 child |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿壯兒 derogatory, 大朦 derogatory |
| Xiang | Changsha | 棉花包 |
* (piece of the pie): (Standard) 油水 (yóushuǐ)
* (asset): (Standard) 財力／财力 (cáilì)

#### Adjective

肉頭
* (dialectal, Harbin and Jinan Mandarin) soft and fleshy; chubby; plump
* (Harbin Mandarin) tough, flexible and tasty (of food)
* (Jinan Mandarin) tough and chewy (of food)
* (Jinan Mandarin) dull and sluggish (of a person)
* (Luoyang Mandarin, derogatory) rigid; inflexible (of a person)

##### Synonyms

* (tough and chewy): (Jinan) 肉

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ròutóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄊㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ròutóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ròutóu
*** Wade–Giles: jou$^4$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: ròu-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowtour
*** Palladius: жоутоу (žoutou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

#### Adjective

肉頭
* (dialectal) weak and incompetent; weak-willed
* (dialectal) foolish; stupid
* (dialectal) full of misgivings; overcautious
* (dialectal) mean; miserly