十喙九尻川

Chinese

ten beak; to pant nine
simp. and trad.
(十喙九尻川)
尻川
Literally: “ten mouths and nine buttocks”.

Pronunciation


  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-chhùi káu-kha-chhng
      • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tshuì káu-kha-tshng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: zabzhuix kaw'qazhngf
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰui⁴¹ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa³³ t͡sʰŋ̍³³/
      • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰui¹¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰui²¹ kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰui²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-chhùi káu-kha-chhuiⁿ
      • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tshuì káu-kha-tshuinn
      • Phofsit Daibuun: zabzhuix kaw'qazhvuy
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuĩ⁴⁴/

Idiom

十喙九尻川

  1. (Hokkien) opinion is divided; there are many people with diverging opinions