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

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• 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/

Idiom

半目開仔

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to turn a blind eye; to pretend not to notice

Synonyms

• 睜一眼閉一眼／睁一眼闭一眼 (zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn)
• 睜一隻眼閉一隻眼／睁一只眼闭一只眼 (zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn)
• (Cantonese) 隻眼開隻眼閉／只眼开只眼闭
• (Hokkien) 半目開瞌／半目开瞌, 半目仔開半目仔瞌／半目仔开半目仔瞌, 放半目仔