崁頭崁面

Chinese

		to cover	head; (noun suffix)	to cover	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (崁頭崁面)		崁	頭	崁	面
simp. (崁头崁面)		崁	头	崁	面
alternative forms		蓋頭蓋面／盖头盖面 勘頭勘面／勘头勘面

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàm-thâu-khàm-bīn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàm-thâu-khàm-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: khàm-thâu-khàm-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarmtau'qarmbin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ kʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

Verb

崁頭崁面

1. (Hokkien, figurative) to act foolishly and/or recklessly; to do something regardless of danger; to do something cluelessly without knowing the consequences; to behave ignorantly; to be stupid; to act like an idiot
2. (Hokkien, literal) to cover the head and face

Synonyms

• 毋知死活
• 戇頭戇面／戆头戆面
• 呆頭呆腦／呆头呆脑 (dāitóudāinǎo)
• 傻裡傻氣／傻里傻气 (shǎlishǎqì)

See also

• 無頭無尾／无头无尾 (wútóuwúwěi)
• 無代無誌／无代无志
• 無頭神／无头神

Further reading

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓋頭蓋面”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “蓋頭蓋面”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 128
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khàm-thâu khàm-bīn”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 260; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 260
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khàm-thâu khàm-bīn”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 21; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 21