剃和尚禿驢

Chinese

shave a bald monk; a bald head like a monk
trad. (剃和尚禿驢) 剃 和尚禿驢
simp. (剃和尚秃驴) 剃 和尚秃驴

Pronunciation

  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ti6 hor2 syorng5 ty2 [Phonetic: ti1 hor5 lyorng5 ty2]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tī hó̤-siō̤ng-tṳ́
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi¹¹⁻⁵⁵ hɒ¹³⁻¹¹ (ɬ-)lyɒŋ¹¹ tʰy¹³/
Note: ty2 is contracted from toh6 ly2.

Verb

剃和尚禿驢

  1. (Nanri Island Putian Puxian Min) to shave the whole head clean; to shave one's head

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “剃和尚秃驴”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 536.
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