揜尾狗

Chinese

		to put the tail between legs	dog
simp. and trad. (揜尾狗)		揜尾	狗
alternative forms		挹尾狗

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iap-bé-káu / iap-bér-káu / iap-bóe-káu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bé-káu
  - Tâi-lô: iap-bé-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iapbefkao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bér-káu
  - Tâi-lô: iap-bér-káu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bóe-káu
  - Tâi-lô: iap-bué-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iapboefkao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚³²⁻⁵ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

Noun

揜尾狗

(Hokkien, literally) dog with its tail between its legs
(Hokkien, figurative) person who is demoralized, defeated and running away