布袋戲

See also: 布袋戏

Chinese

		frabic bag	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show
trad. (布袋戲)		布袋	戲
simp. (布袋戏)		布袋	戏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdàixì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ doi⁶ hei³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pu-toi-hi

  (Hailu, HRS): bu^ˇ toi^˖ hi^ˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘-tē-hì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdàixì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdàisì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tai⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: bù-dài-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhdayshih
    • Palladius: будайси (budajsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ doi⁶ hei³
    • Yale: bou doih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ doi⁶ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ doi⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²² hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pu-toi-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bu doi hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bu⁴ doi⁴ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pu⁵⁵ toi̯⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bu^ˇ toi^˖ hi^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /pu¹¹ tʰoi³³ hi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-tē-hì
    • Tâi-lô: pòo-tē-hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pordexhix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³⁻²¹ hi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ te³³⁻¹¹ hi¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹⁻²² hi⁴¹/

Noun

布袋戲

1. glove puppetry (a type of drama using cloth puppets originated in Southern Min-speaking regions of China); glove puppet show

   布袋戲尪仔／布袋戏尪仔 [Hokkien]  ―  pò͘-tē-hì ang-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a puppet in glove puppetry

Descendants

• → Indonesian: wayang potehi

References

• “布袋戲”, 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., 2025.