一肚火
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
belly; tripe | fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一肚火) | 一 | 肚 | 火 | |
| simp. #(一肚火) | 一 | 肚 | 火 | |
| Literally: “(to have) a stomach full of fire”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 tou5 fo2
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg8 dou2 huê2
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 tou5 fo2
- Yale: yāt tóuh fó
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 tou5 fo2
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 tou5 fo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯¹³ fɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zêg8 dou2 huê2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k tóu hué
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tou⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
Phrase
一肚火
- (Cantonese, Teochew) to be furious
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “肚”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 551:
Synonyms
See also
- 一肚子 (yīdùzi)