半目開仔
Chinese
half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
open; operate (vehicle); start | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (半目開仔) | 半 | 目 | 開 | 仔 | |
| simp. (半目开仔) | 半 | 目 | 开 | 仔 | |
| Literally: “half an eye open”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-ba̍k-khui-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-ba̍k-khui-á
- Tâi-lô: puànn-ba̍k-khui-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarbagqui'ar
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Idiom
半目開仔
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice