崁頭崁面
Chinese
| to cover | head; (noun suffix) | to cover | face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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| trad. (崁頭崁面) | 崁 | 頭 | 崁 | 面 | |
| simp. (崁头崁面) | 崁 | 头 | 崁 | 面 | |
| alternative forms | 蓋頭蓋面／盖头盖面 勘頭勘面／勘头勘面 | ||||
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàm-thâu-khàm-bīn
- Tâi-lô: khàm-thâu-khàm-bīn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qarmtau'qarmbin
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ kʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
崁頭崁面
- (Hokkien, figurative) to act foolishly and/or recklessly; to do something regardless of danger; to do something cluelessly without knowing the consequences; to behave ignorantly; to be stupid; to act like an idiot
- (Hokkien, literal) to cover the head and face
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See also
Further reading
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓋頭蓋面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “蓋頭蓋面”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 128
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khàm-thâu khàm-bīn”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 260; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 260
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khàm-thâu khàm-bīn”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 21; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 21