小毛頭

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	child; youngster; boy
trad. (小毛頭)		小	毛頭
simp. (小毛头)		小	毛头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎomáotóu, xiǎomáotou

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-mau-deu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomáotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomáotóu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mao²-tʻou²
  - Yale: syǎu-máu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumautour
  - Palladius: сяомаотоу (sjaomaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomáotou
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomáoto̊u
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mao²-tʻou⁵
  - Yale: syǎu-máu-tou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumau.tou
  - Palladius: сяомаотоу (sjaomaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shiau-mau-deu
  - MiniDict: shiau^去 mau deu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-mau-deu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ mɔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

Noun

小毛頭

rash boy
(chiefly Wu) baby; infant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬰兒, 嬰孩
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嬰孩兒
	Taiwan	嬰兒, 寶寶
	Singapore	嬰兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	娃娃
	Wanrong	胎娃
	Xuzhou	小毛娃兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
	Wuhan	毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
	Guiyang	嫩娃娃
	Kunming	小每每, 小咕奶兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
	Hong Kong	BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
	Macau	BB仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蘇蝦仔
	Taishan	毛蝦
	Dongguan	蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蘇蝦
Gan	Nanchang	毛伢子
	Lichuan	毛伢崽
	Pingxiang	毛毛仔
Hakka	Meixian	孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
	Xingning	孲𤘅哩
	Huidong (Daling)	孲𤘅仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孲𤘅子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫩仔
	Changting	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Wuping	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蝦毛子
	Liancheng	孲𤘅子
	Yudu	伢人子, 毛伢子
	Ruijin	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Shicheng	赤伢
	Shangyou (Shexi)	伢毛子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	孲𤘅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿佅, 嬰仔
	Hong Kong	孲𤘅仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細妹
Jin	Taiyuan	小娃娃
Jin	Xinzhou	小娃子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤘅仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兒囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	嬰仔, 幼囝
	Quanzhou	嬰仔, 幼囝
	Jinjiang	幼囝
	Yongchun	嬰囝
	Zhangzhou	嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
	Taipei	嬰仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	紅嬰
	Kaohsiung	紅嬰仔
	Yilan	紅嬰仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	紅嬰仔
	Taichung	紅嬰仔
	Tainan	紅嬰仔
	Hsinchu	紅嬰仔
	Kinmen	嬰仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	嬰仔
	Guilin (Biyange)	毛毛崽
	Shantou	孥囝
	Jieyang	伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
	Singapore (Teochew)	anak
	Leizhou	儂
	Haikou	囝, 儂 intimate
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	丫囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	娃娃
Wu	Shanghai	小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小小囡
	Suzhou	小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
	Danyang	小毛毛, 毛毛
	Hangzhou	小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
	Ningbo	奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
	Wenzhou	娒兒, 娒娒兒
	Jinhua	王男
Xiang	Changsha	毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
Xiang	Loudi	毛毛唧, 毛毛