半桶屎

Chinese

half; semi-; incomplete
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 
pail; bucket; bin
pail; bucket; bin; barrel
 
stool; faeces
trad. (半桶屎)
simp. #(半桶屎)
alternative forms 半屎桶 (pòaⁿ-sái-tháng)
半桶師半桶师
Literally: “half a bucket of feces”.

Pronunciation


  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-tháng-sái
      • Tâi-lô: puànn-tháng-sái
      • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartafngsae
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/
      • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/
      • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴¹/
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: buan3 tang2 sai2
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ tháng sái
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

半桶屎

  1. (Southern Min) smatterer; amateur; dabbler

Synonyms