# 鬍鬚
## Chinese

* 鬍鬚 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 胡须 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): húxū
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄒㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^4$ sou$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'u$^4$ xy$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^2$ xi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ǔ-sṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘-chhiu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hou$^5$ ciu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu-su
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: húxū
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: húsyu
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$-hsü$^1$
*** Yale: hú-syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwushiu
*** Palladius: хусюй (xusjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$ sou$^1$
*** Yale: wùh sōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$ sou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$ sou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$狐臊 鬍鬚／胡须
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'u$^4$ xy$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈu³⁵ ɕy⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^2$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ si⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ-sṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹ sy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-chhiu
*** Tâi-lô: hôo-tshiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hochiw
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hou$^5$ ciu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hôu tshiu
*** Sinological IPA : /hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu-su
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$ su
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu-su
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² su⁴⁴/

### Noun

鬍鬚
* beard; mustache; whiskers

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鬍鬚, 鬍子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鬍子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鬍子, 鬍鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鬍子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鬍鬚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鬍子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鬍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鬍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鬍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鬍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鬍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鬍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鬍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鬍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鬍子, 鬍鬍兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鬍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鬍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鬍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鬍子, 鬍鬚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鬍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鬍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鬍子 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 鬍子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鬍鬚, 鬚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鬍鬚, 鬚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鬍, 鬍鬚 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鬚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鬍子, 鬍鬚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鬍子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鬍子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鬍鬚, 鬚菇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鬍子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鬚菇, 嘴鬚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬚菇, 嘴鬚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鬚菇, 嘴鬚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鬍鬚, 嘴鬚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鬚菇, 嘴鬚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嘴鬚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鬍子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鬍子, 鬍才, 鬍茬茬 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鬍子, 鬍腮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鬍鬚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 喙鬚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鬚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鬚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鬚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鬍子, 鬍鬚 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 鬍 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 牙鬚, 鬍子, 鬍鬚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鬍子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鬍鬚, 鬍子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鬍子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 牙鬚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鬍鬚, 下巴鬚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鬍, 鬍鬚 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鬍子, 鬍鬚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鬍子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鬍子 |

#### Derived terms

* 八字鬍鬚／八字胡须
* 袂曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚／袂晓剃头，拄著胡须 (bē-hiáu thì-thâu, tú-tio̍h hô͘-chhiu) (Min Nan)

### References

* “Entry #12974”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.