有暝無日
Chinese
to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
(Southern Min) night | not have | day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (有暝無日) | 有 | 暝 | 無 | 日 | |
| simp. (有暝无日) | 有 | 暝 | 无 | 日 | |
| Literally: “knowing the night, but not the date”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): uh6 ma2 bo2 dih7 / uh6 ma2 bo2 lih7
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-mê-bô-ji̍t / ū-mî-bô-li̍t
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: uh6 ma2 bo2 dih7 [Phonetic: uh6 ma5 bo5 dih7]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uh-má-beó-di̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /uʔ²¹ ma¹³⁻¹¹ po¹³⁻¹¹ tiʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: uh6 ma2 bo2 lih7 [Phonetic: uh6 ma5 bo5 lih7]
- Sinological IPA (key): /uʔ² ma²⁴⁻²¹ po²⁴⁻²¹ liʔ⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-mê-bô-ji̍t
- Tâi-lô: ū-mê-bô-ji̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: uxme'boijit
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ mẽ²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ zit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-mî-bô-li̍t
- Tâi-lô: ū-mî-bô-li̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: uxmi'boilit
- IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
有暝無日
- something that drags on indefinitely without a set deadline or time limit
Synonyms
References
- 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “有暝無日”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 64
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “有暝無日”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “有暝无日”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 559.