呸血
Chinese
| to spit (in contempt) | blood | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (呸血) | 呸 | 血 | |
| simp. #(呸血) | 呸 | 血 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi-huih / phùi-hoeh
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-huih
- Tâi-lô: phuì-huih
- Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'huiq
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-hoeh
- Tâi-lô: phuì-hueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'hoeq
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ hueʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Verb
呸血
- (Southern Min, medicine) to vomit blood
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to be exasperating; to be utterly helpless
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 吐血 (“to vomit blood”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吐血, 嘔血 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吐血 |
| Singapore | 吐血 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吐血 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘔血 |
| Hong Kong | 嘔血 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘔血 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吐血 |
| Pingxiang | 吐血 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 嘔血, 翻血 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 嘔血 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 嘔血, 翻血 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 嘔血 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 嘔血, 翻血 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 嘔血 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 吐血 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嘔血 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吐血, 呸血, 咯紅, 霂血 |
| Quanzhou | 吐血, 呸血, 咯紅, 霂血 | |
| Jinjiang | 吐血, 呸血 | |
| Zhangzhou | 吐血, 呸血 | |
| Tainan | 嘔紅, 嘔血, 呸血, 咯血 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 吐血 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 吐血, 呸血 | |
| Shantou | 嘔血, 吐血 | |
| Leizhou | 吐血 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嘔血, 吐血 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 吐血 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吐血 |