空喙哺舌

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	mouth	chew	tongue
trad. (空喙哺舌)		空	喙	哺	舌
simp. ^#(空喙哺舌)		空	喙	哺	舌
alternative forms		空嘴哺舌空嘴薄舌

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-chhùi-pō͘-chi̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-chhùi-pō͘-chi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: khang-tshuì-pōo-tsi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangzhuie'poxcih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

Idiom

空喙哺舌

(Southern Min) to give empty talk; to make mere verbal statements
- 1992, “愛情的騙子我問你 [Cheater of Love, I Ask You]”, 蔣錦鴻 (lyrics), 俞隆華 (music), performed by 陳小雲 [Chen Hsiao-yun]:
  
  原來你是空嘴薄舌達到目的做　你去 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  原来你是空嘴薄舌达到目的做　你去 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  goân-lâi lí sī khang-chhùi-pō͘-chi̍h ta̍t-tio̍h bo̍k-tek chòe, lí khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  In the end those were just your empty words, just to fulfill your desire... and then you leave
(Southern Min) mere verbal statement is no guarantee

Synonyms

(to give empty talk): 信口開河／信口开河 (xìnkǒukāihé)
(mere verbal statement is no guarantee): 空口無憑／空口无凭 (kōngkǒuwúpíng), 口說無憑／口说无凭 (kǒushuōwúpíng); (Hakka) 無根無據／无根无据

References

“空喙哺舌”, 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.