破相

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (破相)		破	相

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ soeng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phò-siòng / phòa-siòⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): pua³ sion³ / pua³ siên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: pwò-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohshianq
  - Palladius: посян (posjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòxiàngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòsiàngr
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-hsiang⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: pwò-syàngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohshianql
  - Palladius: посянр (posjanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ soeng³
  - Yale: po seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ soeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ sêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ sœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-siòng
  - Tâi-lô: phò-siòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoirsioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-siòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phuà-siònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoarsvioix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ siɔ̃²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pua³ sion³ / pua³ siên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuà siòⁿ / phuà sièⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sĩõ²¹³/, /pʰua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sĩẽ²¹³/

Note:

pua3 sion3 - Shantou;
pua3 siên3 - Chaozhou.

Verb

破⫽相 (verb-object)

(of one's face) to be marred by a scar (as a result of an accident or a disease)
(Teochew) to fall ill; to feel unwell
(Teochew) to not recover from injury

Synonyms

(to fall ill):

Dialectal synonyms of 生病 (“to fall ill; to be ill”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生病, 得病, 患, 患病, 害病, 染病, 發病, 病倒, 帶病, 抱病, 抱恙, 罹病, 罹患
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	病, 得病, 鬧病, 不舒服
	Taiwan	病, 生病, 不舒服
	Ulanhot	病
	Tongliao	病
	Chifeng	病
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	病
	Harbin	病, 作病
	Malaysia	生病
	Singapore	生病
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	長病, 病, 不好, 不熨貼, 不舒坦, 不得勁兒, 鬧症候
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	得病, 病病兒, 不濟, 不熨貼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	害病, 生病, 病, 有病兒, 不好, 不老兒好, 不美氣
	Wanrong	犯病, 難過
	Zhengzhou	病, 不得勁
	Xi'an	害病, 得病, 病, 不受活 of an adult, 不乖 of a child
	Xining	病下, 得病, 不爽快
	Xuzhou	得病, 害病, 病, 不舒坦, 不舒服, 不如適, 出故事 of a child, 出症兒 of a child, 出症 of a child
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	得病, 病下, 不行下, 不受活, 不乖 of a child
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	得病, 害病, 不受活, 不乖 of a child
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	害病, 有病, 得病, 不好, 不清乾 Hui
	Bayanhot	害病, 病
	Lanzhou	病下, 不舒坦, 不爽快, 不輕身 of an adult, 不乖 of a child, 變狗 of a child
	Ürümqi	病下, 害病, 不舒服
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	害病, 得病, 病, 不好, 不安逸
	Wuhan	害病, 病, 有病, 不好, 不舒服, 不乖 of a child, 做狗狗 of a child
	Guiyang	痛病, 痛, 生病, 不好在, 不安逸, 逗狗 of a child
	Kunming	不好
	Guilin	病
	Liuzhou	病, 做狗崽 of a child, 做狗 of a child
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生病, 害病, 不爽快, 不爽, 不舒服
	Yangzhou	害病, 不好過
	Nantong	不好過
	Hefei	害病, 病, 不伸坦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	病, 唔舒服, 唔精神, 唔自然
	Hong Kong	病, 唔舒服, 唔精神 dated, 唔自然 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	病
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	病
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	有病
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	有病
	Macau	病
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	病
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔精神
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	病
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	病, 唔精神
	Foshan	病
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	病
	Foshan (Shunde)	唔精神
	Foshan (Sanshui)	唔精神
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	病
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	病
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	病
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	病
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	病, 唔精神
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	病
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	病
	Taishan	病
	Kaiping (Chikan)	病, 唔精神
	Enping (Niujiang)	病, 唔舒服
	Heshan (Yayao)	病
	Dongguan	病, 唔精神
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	唔養得
	Yangjiang	病, 得病, 無自由
	Nanning	生病, 病
	Wuzhou	生病
	Yulin	生病
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	發病
	Danzhou	有病
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	病
	Singapore (Guangfu)	病
Gan	Nanchang	生病, 病, 不好過, 不舒服
	Lichuan	病
	Pingxiang	病, 不熨貼
Hakka	Meixian	發病, 起病, 唔自然, 唔舒服, 犯病
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	有病
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	唔做得
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	唔做得
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	病
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	病
	Yudu	病
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	發病仔, 發病, 破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	發病, 破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	發病, 著病, 破病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔快活, 唔自然
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	發病仔, 發病, 破病, 著病, 得病, 致病, 唔鬆爽, 唔自然
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	破病, 著病, 無快活, 無堵好
	Hong Kong	病
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	生病
	Senai (Huiyang)	病
Huizhou	Jixi	害病, 起病
Jin	Taiyuan	病, 害病, 鬧病, 難活
	Xinzhou	難過
	Taibus (Baochang)	病
	Linhe	病
	Jining	病
	Hohhot	難過
	Baotou	病
	Dongsheng	病
	Haibowan	難活
Northern Min	Jian'ou	病, 凊著, 伓鬆爽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	破病, 病去, 𣍐爽快, 做犬 of a child
Southern Min	Xiamen	破病, 著病, 致病, 無爽, 無好勢, 艱苦
	Quanzhou	破病, 毋好, 著病, 致病, 艱苦
	Jinjiang	破病
	Yongchun	破病
	Zhangzhou	破病, 著病, 致病, 毋愛, 𣍐乖 of a child
	Taipei	破病
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	破病
	Kaohsiung	破病, 艱苦
	Yilan	破病, 艱苦
	Changhua (Lukang)	破病
	Taichung	破病, 艱苦
	Taichung (Wuqi)	破病
	Tainan	破病, 艱苦
	Taitung	破病
	Hsinchu	破病
	Kinmen	破病
	Penghu (Magong)	破病
	Penang (Hokkien)	破病
	Singapore (Hokkien)	破病
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋好, 破病
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	病
	Chaozhou	生病, 唔好, 無若好
	Shantou	破相, 儂孬
	Shantou (Chenghai)	破相, 儂孬
	Jieyang	著病, 破病, 生毛
	Bangkok (Teochew)	唔寬活, 儂孬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	破病
	Singapore (Teochew)	破病
	Leizhou	惡抵
	Wenchang	惡耐, 生病
	Haikou	病, 病痛, 惡抵, 惡耐
	Qionghai	病, 惡耐
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔精神
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	病
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	病
Wu	Shanghai	生病, 生毛病, 有毛病, 勿適意, 勿舒服
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	吃勿住, 上勿上
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	難過, 勿舒齊, 勿受用
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	難過
	Shanghai (Jiading)	勿受用
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	難過
	Shanghai (Chongming)	無得力氣
	Suzhou	生病, 生毛病, 勿適意, 勿鬆 suburbs
	Wuxi	生病
	Danyang	生病, 害病, 弗好過, 無本事
	Hangzhou	生毛病, 不舒服
	Wenzhou	生病, 病, 否好過
	Jinhua	生病, 弗好過
Xiang	Changsha	得病, 病, 不好過
	Loudi	病
	Shuangfeng	病, 不好過
	Quanzhou	生病

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-siùⁿ / phòa-siòⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-siùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phuà-siùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoarsviux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ siũ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ siũ¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴² siũ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ siũ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-siòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phuà-siònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoarsvioix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ siɔ̃²¹/

Verb

破相

(Hokkien) to be disabled; to have a deformity
- 1989, “計程車 [jìchéngchē]”, 王華 (lyrics), 王明輝 (music)‎^[1]performed by 黑名單工作室 [Blacklist Studio]:
  
  你擋不住　我若破相　叫我怎樣嫁 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  你挡不住　我若破相　叫我怎样嫁 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  lí tòng-bōe-tiâu, góa nā phòa-siùⁿ, kiò góa chóaⁿ-iūⁿ kè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  If you [the driver] can't get a grip, if I become disabled [from a traffic accident], tell me, how I'm going to get married?

Synonyms

殘疾／残疾 (cánjí)

Noun

破相

(Hokkien) disabled person

Synonyms

殘疾人／残疾人 (cánjírén)
(derogatory, offensive) 殘廢人／残废人 (cánfèirén)

References

“破相”, 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.