半路師

Chinese

		halfway; midway; on the way halfway; midway; on the way; the middle	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (半路師)		半路	師
simp. (半路师)		半路	师

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-lō͘-sai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-lō͘-sai
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-lōo-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarloxsay
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔ³³⁻¹¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ⁴¹⁻²² sai³³/

Noun

半路師

1. (Southern Min) one who lacks adequate knowledge or skills; dilettante; smatterer; dabbler

Synonyms

• 半吊子 (bàndiàozi)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 半桶師仔／半桶师仔, 半桶師／半桶师, 半桶水 (bàntǒngshuǐ), 半桶屎, 半精戇／半精戆, 𣍐半精／𫧃半精