哀爸叫母

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa	to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order	female; mother
simp. and trad. (哀爸叫母)		哀	爸	叫	母

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-pē-kiò-bú / ai-pē-kiò-bó

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-pē-kiò-bú
    • Tâi-lô: ai-pē-kiò-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'pexkioirbuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ pe³³⁻¹¹ kio¹¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ pe³³⁻²¹ kiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-pē-kiò-bó
    • Tâi-lô: ai-pē-kiò-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'pexkioirboir
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ pe³³⁻¹¹ kio¹¹⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ pe³³⁻²¹ kiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ⁴¹/

Idiom

哀爸叫母

1. (Hokkien, vulgar) to be full of complaints; to complain to high heaven; to complain bitterly

Synonyms

• 叫苦連天／叫苦连天 (jiàokǔliántiān)
• 呼天搶地／呼天抢地 (hūtiānqiāngdì)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 哭死哭活, 哭爸哭母

References

• “Entry #4793”, 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., 2024.