喙尖薄利
Chinese
| beak; to pant | point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed |
thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint |
advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp | ||
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| trad. (喙尖薄利) | 喙 | 尖 | 薄 | 利 | |
| simp. #(喙尖薄利) | 喙 | 尖 | 薄 | 利 | |
| alternative forms | 嘴尖薄利 | ||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùi-chiam-po̍h-lāi
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi-chiam-po̍h-lāi
- Tâi-lô: tshuì-tsiam-po̍h-lāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhuieciampoiqlai
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² po(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lai²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Idiom
喙尖薄利
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be eloquent; to be articulate; to have the gift of the gab