床頭打交床尾和
Chinese
| head of a bed; bedhead; table | to fight; to quarrel; to argue | end of the bed | mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm | ||
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| trad. (床頭打交床尾和/牀頭打交牀尾和) | 床頭/牀頭 | 打交 | 床尾/牀尾 | 和 | |
| simp. (床头打交床尾和) | 床头 | 打交 | 床尾 | 和 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cong4 tau4 daa2 gaau1 cong4 mei5 wo4
- Yale: chòhng tàuh dá gāau chòhng méih wòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsong4 tau4 daa2 gaau1 tsong4 mei5 wo4
- Guangdong Romanization: cong4 teo4 da2 gao1 cong4 méi5 wo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ taː³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ mei̯¹³ wɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
床頭打交床尾和
- (Cantonese, of a married couple) to quarrel with each other at the head of the bed and compromise at the end of it; to fight getting into bed and make up before falling asleep; to quickly make up after a quarrel; (sometimes specifically) to end an intense argument with make-up sex
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 床頭吵架床尾和 (“(of a married couple) to quickly make up after a quarrel”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 床頭吵架床尾和 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 床頭吵床尾和 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 床頭打交床尾和 |
| Hong Kong | 床頭打交床尾和 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 床頭嘈床尾和 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 床頭嘈床尾和 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 床頭嘈床尾和 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 床頭嘈床尾和 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 床頭嘈床尾和 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 床頭嘈床尾和 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 床頭冤床尾和, 床頭拍床尾和, 床頭公對床婆，床頭拍床尾和, 翁婆翁婆，床頭拍床尾和 |
| Quanzhou | 床頭冤床尾和, 床頭公對床婆，床頭拍床尾和 | |
| Zhangzhou | 床頭冤床尾和, 床頭公對床婆，床頭拍床尾和 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 翁某翁某，床頭拍床尾和, 翁婆翁婆，床頭拍某床尾和 | |