also: ハゲちゃびん
bald head; balding head
Jocular Osaka dialect term for a bald or balding head, often used teasingly among friends.
That guy's been getting a bald head lately, huh.
Uncle's bald head is shiny, you know.
Standard kanji spelling for this humorous Osaka dialect word.
Katakana spelling emphasizing the baldness element; common in casual writing.
Variant kanji spelling without the okurigana げ; less common.
Compound of 禿げ (hage, 'baldness') and 茶瓶 (chabin, 'teapot'), from the resemblance of a bald head to a teapot. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a well-known humorous expression in Osaka dialect.