龜笑鱉無毛
Chinese
| tortoise; turtle | laugh; smile | turtle | not have | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龜笑鱉無毛) | 龜 | 笑 | 鱉 | 無 | 毛 | |
| simp. (龟笑鳖无毛) | 龟 | 笑 | 鳖 | 无 | 毛 | |
| Literally: “tortoise laughs at a soft-shell turtle for not having fur”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku chhiò pih bô mn̂g / ku chhiò pih bô mô͘
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku chhiò pih bô mn̂g
- Tâi-lô: ku tshiò pih bô mn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: kw chioix piq booi mngg
- IPA (Singapore): /ku⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁴² piʔ³² bo²⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ piʔ³² bo²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piʔ⁵ bo²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ piʔ³² bɤ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴ t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ piʔ³² bo²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku chhiò pih bô mô͘
- Tâi-lô: ku tshiò pih bô môo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kw chioix piq booi moo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ piʔ³² bo¹³⁻²² mɔ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Idiom
龜笑鱉無毛
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 五十步笑百步 (“pot calling the kettle black”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉無尾, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 三跤雞笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤 |
| Quanzhou | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤 | |
| Zhangzhou | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤 | |
| Tainan | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無尾 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾 | |