半目開瞌
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 | doze off; sleepy | ||
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| trad. (半目開瞌) | 半 | 目 | 開 | 瞌 | |
| simp. (半目开瞌) | 半 | 目 | 开 | 瞌 | |
| alternative forms | 半目开䀫 | ||||
| Literally: “half an eye open and shut”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-ba̍k-khui-khoeh / pòaⁿ-ba̍k-khui-kheh
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-ba̍k-khui-khoeh
- Tâi-lô: puànn-ba̍k-khui-khueh
- Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarbagqui'qoeq
- IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ bak̚⁴⁻³² kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰueʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bak̚²⁴⁻² kʰui³³ kʰueʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-ba̍k-khui-kheh
- Tâi-lô: puànn-ba̍k-khui-kheh
- Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarbagqui'qeq
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰeʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Idiom
半目開瞌
- (Hokkien) to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice