呸痰

Chinese

		to spit (in contempt)	phlegm; spittle
trad. (呸痰)		呸	痰
simp. #(呸痰)		呸	痰
anagram		痰呸

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi-thâm

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-thâm
    • Tâi-lô: phuì-thâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'taam
    • IPA (Singapore): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴² tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰam²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²⁴/

Verb

呸痰

1. (Southern Min) to spit; to expectorate (to evacuate saliva from the mouth)

Synonyms

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• 吐口水 (tǔ kǒushuǐ)
• 吐痰 (tǔtán)
• 呸瀾 / 呸澜 (Hokkien)
• 咯呸 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 咯痰 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 𦧲口水 (loe1 hau2 seoi2) (Cantonese)