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): ti⁵ hor² syong⁵ ty²

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ti⁵ hor² syong⁵ ty² [Phonetic: ti¹ hor⁵ lyong⁵ ty²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁻⁵⁵ hɒ¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lyɒŋ²¹ 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.