鴨仔聽雷

See also: 鸭仔听雷

Chinese

		duckling; duck	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	thunder
trad. (鴨仔聽雷)		鴨仔	聽	雷
simp. (鸭仔听雷)		鸭仔	听	雷

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ap-é thâng lùi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-á thiaⁿ lûi

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ap-é thâng lùi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ab^ˋ e^ˋ tang^ˊ lui^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ab⁵ e³ tang¹ lui²
  - Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ap̚² e³¹⁻¹¹ tʰaŋ²⁴ lu̯i¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Neipu): /ap̚² e³¹ tʰaŋ²⁴ lu̯i¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-á thiaⁿ lûi
  - Tâi-lô: ah-á thiann luî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ah'ar tviaf luii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ a⁵⁵⁴ tʰiã³³ lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² lui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ lui²³/

Idiom

鴨仔聽雷

(Hakka, Hokkien) to not know what someone is driving at; to be unintelligible; to be completely beyond one's comprehension

Synonyms

不知所云 (bùzhīsuǒyún)