哭爸

Chinese

		to cry; to weep	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
simp. and trad. (哭爸)		哭	爸
alternative forms		哭父 考背 Mandarin-based respelling 靠杯 Mandarin-based respelling 靠北 Mandarin-based respelling 靠背 Mandarin-based respelling

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàu-pē / khàu-pě / khàu-pēe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ bê⁶

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pē
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qao'pe
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴² pe²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pě
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pēe
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pɛ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao³ bê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu pĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pe³⁵/

Verb

哭爸

1. (Southern Min, vulgar) to complain (as if he lost his dad)
   • 19??, “〈陳三大難〉”, in 《潮州戲曲選集》, page 7:

     許雙手個外月無洗。臭到哭父。 [Teochew, trad.]
     许双手个外月无洗。臭到哭父。 [Teochew, simp.]

     he² sang¹ ciu² gai⁵ ghua⁷ ghuêh⁸ bho⁵ soi². cao³ gao³ kao³ bê⁶. [Peng'im]

     That pair of hands has not been washed in months. They stink so much that one must complain.

Interjection

哭爸

1. (Southern Min, vulgar) Oh, shit!

Derived terms

• 哭爸哭母

Descendants

• English: kaopeh (Singlish)