漚屎
Chinese
| steep; bubble; froth | stool; faeces | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (漚屎) | 漚 | 屎 | |
| simp. (沤屎) | 沤 | 屎 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu-sái
- Tâi-lô: àu-sái
- Phofsit Daibuun: aosae
- IPA (Xiamen): /au²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /au²¹⁻⁴¹ sai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ao3 sai2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àu sái
- Sinological IPA (key): /au²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
漚屎 (derogatory)
- (Hokkien, of colour) faeces-like; ugly
- 漚屎色／沤屎色 [Hokkien] ― aù-sái sek [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― ugly color
- 漚屎面／沤屎面 [Hokkien] ― aù-sái bīn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― displeased face; long face
- (Hokkien, of a person) despicable
- (Teochew) bad; useless
References
- “漚屎”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.