痟狗舂墓壙
Chinese
| mad dog | to pound (grain); beat | coffin pit; grave | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (痟狗舂墓壙) | 痟狗 | 舂 | 墓壙 | |
| simp. (痟狗舂墓圹) | 痟狗 | 舂 | 墓圹 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng
- Tâi-lô: siáu káu tsing bōng-khòng
- Phofsit Daibuun: siao kao zefng boxngqoxng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
痟狗舂墓壙
- (Southern Min, figurative) to vie to be first and fear to be last
Synonyms
References
- “痟狗舂墓壙”, 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.