起毛䆀

Chinese

		mood; emotion	bad; not good
trad. (起毛䆀)		起毛	䆀
simp. ^#(起毛䆀)		起毛	䆀
alternative forms		起毛歹

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-mo͘ bái

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-mo͘ bái
  - Tâi-lô: khí-moo bái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qymof bae
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ bai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ bai⁴¹/

Phrase

起毛䆀

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to be in a bad mood
- 2024, “拌拌咧 [Dust It Off]”, in 李竺芯 [Siri Lee] (lyrics), 李竺芯 [Siri Lee] and 台南歐力桑 [Uncle Tainan] (music), Suí 水, performed by 李竺芯 [Siri Lee]:
  
  拌拌咧　拌拌咧　免起毛䆀 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
  pōaⁿ-pōaⁿ--leh, pōaⁿ-pōaⁿ--leh, bián khí-mo͘ bái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Dust it off, dust it off, don’t lose your touch

Antonyms

起毛婸／起毛𰋸

References

“起毛䆀”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.