食緊挵破碗

Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
 tight; nervous; strict to break; to smash bowl; cup
trad. (食緊挵破碗) 食 緊 挵破 碗
simp. (食紧挵破碗) 食 紧 挵破 碗
alternative forms 食緊弄破碗／食紧弄破碗
Literally: “if you eat quickly, you will break the bowl”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Singapore)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kín lòng-phòa óaⁿ
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kín lòng-phuà uánn
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kien lorngphoax voar
      • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kin⁴² lɔŋ²¹⁻⁴² pʰua²¹⁻⁴² uã⁴²/
      • Sinological IPA (Tainan): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ kin⁵³ lɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ uã⁵³/
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kin⁵⁵⁴ lɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ uã⁵⁵⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kin⁵³ lɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ uã⁵³/
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kin⁵³ lɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ uã⁵³/

Proverb

食緊挵破碗

  1. (Hokkien) haste makes waste

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 欲速則不達 (“haste makes waste”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 欲速則不達, 欲速不達
Cantonese Hong Kong 欲速則不達
Southern Min Xiamen 食緊挵破碗, 食緊摃破碗, 食緊拍破碗, 緊炊無好粿, 緊行無好步，緊做無好頭路, 緊行無好路，緊做無好頭路, 緊行無好步，緊經無好布, 緊紡無好紗，緊行無好步, 緊紡無好紗，緊嫁無好大家, 緊紡無好紗，緊炊無好粿, 緊做無好手路，緊行無好跤步, 緊嫁無好大家，緊揣無好頭家
Quanzhou 食緊挵破碗, 緊行無好步，緊做無好頭路, 緊行無好步，緊經無好布, 緊紡無好紗，緊行無好步, 緊紡無好紗，緊嫁無好大家, 緊紡無好紗，緊炊無好粿, 緊嫁無好大家，緊揣無好頭家
Zhangzhou 食緊挵破碗, 緊行無好步，緊做無好頭路, 緊行無好步，緊經無好布, 緊紡無好紗，緊行無好步, 緊紡無好紗，緊嫁無好大家, 緊紡無好紗，緊炊無好粿, 緊嫁無好大家，緊揣無好頭家
Tainan 食緊挵破碗, 緊炊無好粿, 緊嫁無好大家
Singapore (Hokkien) 食緊挵破碗, 緊紡無好紗，緊嫁無好大家, 緊炊無好粿，緊嫁無好大家, 緊做無好受路，緊行無好跤步
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