What this word mean 组头?
I found this word(组头) in a movie but i don't know what it mean.
in the movie: 组头还没开始看中华之棒。
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Since you saw it in a taiwanese film, I think it means "organiser of a (mostly illegal) gamble". It's not used in standard chinese but a taiwanese slang. And it might not be "组头还没开始看中华 /之/ 棒", but "组头还没开始看中华 /职/ 棒". "中华 /职/ 棒" is the baseball league of taiwan. ; )
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Upstairs agreed. This expression would sounds strange when it comes to Chinese, at least I've never heard of it in the mainland :)
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The word (组头) is not a Chinese word."组头" is a Japanese word which means is a captain in a team.
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组头 = zǔ-tóu= the leader of the group
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臺灣用語,俗稱募集六合彩賭徒的頭兒,或與賭徒對賭的莊家。(六合彩: 一種起源於香港的賭博遊戲。)
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