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禍首

禍首

See also: 祸首

Chinese

		disaster	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (禍首)		禍	首
simp. (祸首)		祸	首

Noun

禍首

main culprit; chief offender

Derived terms

禍首罪魁／祸首罪魁

罪魁禍首／罪魁祸首

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huòshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ sau²
Min Nan (POJ): hō-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huòshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁶ sau²
  - Yale: woh sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ sau²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² sɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-siú
  - Tâi-lô: hō-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoixsiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ²²⁻²¹ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ²²⁻²¹ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ ɕiu⁴¹/