杜定咬,買棺柴
Chinese
| lizard | bite; nip | buy | coffin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (杜定咬,買棺柴) | 杜定 | 咬 | , | 買 | 棺柴 | |
| simp. (杜定咬,买棺柴) | 杜定 | 咬 | , | 买 | 棺柴 | |
| Literally: “to be bit by a venomous lizard and buy a coffin”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-tēng kā, bé koaⁿ-chhâ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-tēng kā, bé koaⁿ-chhâ
- Tâi-lô: tōo-tīng kā, bé kuann-tshâ
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ka²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Idiom
杜定咬,買棺柴