有喙講甲無瀾

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	mouth	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	until	not have	saliva
trad. (有喙講甲無瀾)		有	喙	講	甲	無	瀾
simp. (有喙讲甲无澜)		有	喙	讲	甲	无	澜
alternative forms		有喙講到無瀾／有喙讲到无澜有嘴講甲無瀾／有嘴讲甲无澜有嘴講到無瀾／有嘴讲到无澜有嘴講甲無涎／有嘴讲甲无涎
Literally: “to speak from having a mouth to not having any saliva”.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū chhùi kóng kah bô nōa / ǔ chhùi káng kah bô nǒa

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū chhùi kóng kah bô nōa
  - Tâi-lô: ū tshuì kóng kah bô nuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: u zhuix korng kaq booi noa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo²⁴⁻²² nuã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰui¹¹ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ nuã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹ kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ nuã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo¹³⁻²² nuã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ chhùi káng kah bô nǒa
  - Tâi-lô: ǔ tshuì káng kah bô nuǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² t͡sʰui⁴¹ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka(ʔ)⁵ bo²⁴⁻²² nuã²²/

Phrase

有喙講甲無瀾

(Hokkien, idiomatic) to talk until one's mouth is dry; to attempt to persuade to no avail

Synonyms

脣焦舌敝／唇焦舌敝
費盡脣舌／费尽唇舌
(Hokkien) 有喙無瀾／有喙无澜