狗血淋頭

Chinese

		dog	blood	diseases of the bladder; to drain; to drip	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (狗血淋頭)		狗	血	淋	頭
simp. (狗血淋头)		狗	血	淋	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuxuèlíntóu, gǒuxuělíntóu, gǒuxiělíntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² hyut³ lam⁴ tau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): káu-huih-lâm-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao² huêh⁴ lim⁵ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuxuèlíntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒusyuèlíntóu
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-hsüeh⁴-lin²-tʻou²
    • Yale: gǒu-sywè-lín-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooushiuehlintour
    • Palladius: гоусюэлиньтоу (gousjuelinʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuxuělíntóu [Phonetic: góuxuělíntóu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒusyuělíntóu
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-hsüeh³-lin²-tʻou²
    • Yale: gǒu-sywě-lín-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goousheuelintour
    • Palladius: гоусюэлиньтоу (gousjuelinʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuxiělíntóu [Phonetic: góuxiělíntóu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒusiělíntóu
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-hsieh³-lin²-tʻou²
    • Yale: gǒu-syě-lín-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooushieelintour
    • Palladius: гоуселиньтоу (gouselinʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² hyut³ lam⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: gáu hyut làhm tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² hyt⁸ lam⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² hüd³ lem⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ hyːt̚³ lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-huih-lâm-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: káu-huih-lâm-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'huihlamtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huiʔ³² lam²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao² huêh⁴ lim⁵ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káu hueh lîm thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵²⁻³⁵ hueʔ² lim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵/

Idiom

狗血淋頭

1. (figurative) to bite someone's head off; to scold fiercely; to curse; to berate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 狗血噴頭 (“to bite someone's head off; to scold fiercely; to curse; to berate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		狗血噴頭, 狗血淋頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	狗血淋頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	狗血淋頭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	狗血淋頭
Gan	Nanchang	狗血噴頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗血淋頭
	Jieyang	狗血淋頭
Wu	Hangzhou	狗血噴頭