床頭吵架床尾和

Chinese

		head of a bed; bedhead; table	to quarrel; to argue; to have a row	end of the bed	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
trad. (床頭吵架床尾和/牀頭吵架牀尾和)		床頭/牀頭	吵架	床尾/牀尾	和
simp. (床头吵架床尾和)		床头	吵架	床尾	和

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuángtóu chǎojià chuángwěi hé

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuángtóu chǎojià chuángwěi hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuángtóu chǎojià chuángwěi hé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang²-tʻou² chʻao³-chia⁴ chʻuang²-wei³ ho²
    • Yale: chwáng-tóu chǎu-jyà chwáng-wěi hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwangtour chaojiah chwangwoei her
    • Palladius: чуантоу чаоцзя чуанвэй хэ (čuantou čaoczja čuanvɛj xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

Proverb

床頭吵架床尾和

1. (of a married couple) to quarrel with each other at the head of the bed and compromise at the end of it; to fight getting into bed and make up before falling asleep; to quickly make up after a quarrel; (sometimes specifically) to end an intense argument with make-up sex

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 床頭吵架床尾和 (“(of a married couple) to quickly make up after a quarrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		床頭吵架床尾和
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	床頭吵床尾和
Cantonese	Guangzhou	床頭打交床尾和
	Hong Kong	床頭打交床尾和
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	床頭嘈床尾和
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	床頭嘈床尾和
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	床頭嘈床尾和
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	床頭嘈床尾和
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	床頭嘈床尾和
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	床頭嘈床尾和
Southern Min	Xiamen	床頭冤床尾和, 床頭拍床尾和, 床頭公對床婆，床頭拍床尾和, 翁婆翁婆，床頭拍床尾和
	Quanzhou	床頭冤床尾和, 床頭公對床婆，床頭拍床尾和
	Zhangzhou	床頭冤床尾和, 床頭公對床婆，床頭拍床尾和