雞屎落塗,也有三寸煙
Chinese
fowl; chicken | stool; faeces | to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind | to smear; daub | also; too | to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
three | a unit of length | cigarette; tobacco; smoke | |||
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trad. (雞屎落塗,也有三寸煙/鷄屎落塗,也有三寸煙) | 雞/鷄 | 屎 | 落 | 塗 | , | 也 | 有 | 三 | 寸 | 煙 | |
simp. (鸡屎落涂,也有三寸烟) | 鸡 | 屎 | 落 | 涂 | , | 也 | 有 | 三 | 寸 | 烟 |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke sái lo̍h thô͘, iā ū saⁿ chhùn ian
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke sái lo̍h thô͘, iā ū saⁿ chhùn ian
- Tâi-lô: ke sái lo̍h thôo, iā ū sann tshùn ian
- IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ u³³⁻¹¹ sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ iɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²³ ia³³⁻²¹ u³³⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ iɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
雞屎落塗,也有三寸煙
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) all people must have aspirations
References
- “雞屎落塗,也有三寸煙”, 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.