# 事頭婆
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### “queen of England”

    Originally slang among civil servants in Hong Kong. Nominally, the queen was their supreme head during British rule.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si$^6$ tau$^4$ po$^4$ / si$^6$ tau$^4$ po$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu$^5$ heu$^3$ po$^{3-4}$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^6$ tau$^4$ po$^4$ / si$^6$ tau$^4$ po$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: sih tàuh pòh / sih tàuh pó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^6$ tau$^4$ po$^4$ / si$^6$ tau$^4$ po$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^6$ teo$^4$ po$^4$ / xi$^6$ teo$^4$ po$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹/, /siː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhu$^5$ heu$^3$ po$^{3-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬu³² heu²² pʰᵘɔ²²⁻²¹/

### Noun

事頭婆
* (Cantonese) proprietress; boss's wife; female boss
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) Queen of England, especially Elizabeth II
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, cha chaan teng slang) Corruption of 豉油王 (“(dish) in soy sauce”).

#### 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 |