好貓管百家
Chinese
[edit]| good; well; be fond of | cat | to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe |
hundred | home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools | ||
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| trad. (好貓管百家) | 好 | 貓 | 管 | 百 | 家 | |
| simp. (好猫管百家) | 好 | 猫 | 管 | 百 | 家 | |
| Literally: “a good cat manages the rodent infestation of a hundred families”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-niau koán-pah-ke / hó-niau koán-peeh-kee
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-niau koán-pah-ke
- Tâi-lô: hó-niau kuán-pah-ke
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoyniaw koafnpahkef
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niãu⁴⁴ kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-niau koán-peeh-kee
- Tâi-lô: hó-niau kuán-peeh-kee
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niãu⁴⁴ kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Idiom
[edit]好貓管百家