涵空龜
Chinese
| culvert; sewer; covered drain | tortoise; turtle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (涵空龜) | 涵空 | 龜 | |
| simp. (涵空龟) | 涵空 | 龟 | |
| alternative forms | 涵孔龜／涵孔龟 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): âm-khang-ku / iâm-khang-ku
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âm-khang-ku
- Tâi-lô: âm-khang-ku
- Phofsit Daibuun: amqangkw
- IPA (Xiamen): /am²⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²³⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /am²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâm-khang-ku
- Tâi-lô: iâm-khang-ku
- Phofsit Daibuun: iamqangkw
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam¹³⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
涵空龜
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) a person of very limited outlook and experience
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 井底之蛙 (“a person of very limited outlook and experience”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 井蛙 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 井底之蛙, 井底蛙 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 井底之蛙 |
| Singapore | 井底之蛙 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 井底之蛙 |
| Yangjiang | 井底蛙 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 井肚蛤蟆, 井肚個蛤蟆, 山狗仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 井肚蛤蟆, 井肚個蛤蟆, 山狗仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 井肚蛤蟆, 井肚個蛤蟆, 山狗仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 井肚蛤蟆, 井肚個蛤蟆, 山狗 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 井肚蛤蟆, 井肚個蛤蟆, 山狗子 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 井底𧊅子, 井底個𧊅子 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 涵空龜, 井底水雞 |
| Zhangzhou | 涵空龜 | |
| Tainan | 涵空龜 | |
| Jieyang | 井底水雞 | |