畫虎𡳞
See also: 画虎𡳞
Chinese
| draw; picture; painting | tiger | penis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (畫虎𡳞) | 畫 | 虎 | 𡳞 | |
| simp. (画虎𡳞) | 画 | 虎 | 𡳞 | |
| alternative forms | 畫虎卵／画虎卵 話虎膦／话虎膦 畫虎膦／画虎膦 畫唬爛／画唬烂 | |||
| Literally: “to draw a tiger's penis”. | ||||
Etymology
In Taiwan, there is a folk etymology saying that 虎𡳞 is from Japanese 法螺, but the relation between these two terms is dubious. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi-hó͘-lān / ōe-hó͘-lǎn / ōe-hó͘-lān / ǒe-hó͘-lǎn
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Magong, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-hó͘-lān
- Tâi-lô: uī-hóo-lān
- Phofsit Daibuun: uixhoflan
- Sinological IPA (Singapore): /ui²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ lan²²/
- Sinological IPA (Tong'an): /ui²²⁻¹¹ hɔ³¹⁻²⁴ lan²²/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-hó͘-lǎn
- Tâi-lô: uē-hóo-lǎn
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-hó͘-lān
- Tâi-lô: uē-hóo-lān
- Phofsit Daibuun: oexhoflan
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan³³/
- Sinological IPA (Yilan): /ue³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lan³³/
- Sinological IPA (Tainan): /ue³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lan³³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǒe-hó͘-lǎn
- Tâi-lô: uě-hóo-lǎn
- Sinological IPA (Lukang): /ue³³⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁻³⁵ lan³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Magong, Singapore)
Verb
畫虎𡳞
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 閒談 (“to chat”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 亂說 (“to talk nonsense”) [map]