床頭打交床尾和

Chinese

		head of a bed; bedhead; table	to fight; to quarrel; to argue	end of the bed	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
trad. (床頭打交床尾和/牀頭打交牀尾和)		床頭/牀頭	打交	床尾/牀尾	和
simp. (床头打交床尾和)		床头	打交	床尾	和

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ tau⁴ daa² gaau¹ cong⁴ mei⁵ wo⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong⁴ tau⁴ daa² gaau¹ cong⁴ mei⁵ wo⁴
    • Yale: chòhng tàuh dá gāau chòhng méih wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ tau⁴ daa² gaau¹ tsong⁴ mei⁵ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ teo⁴ da² gao¹ cong⁴ méi⁵ wo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ taː³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ mei̯¹³ wɔː²¹/

Proverb

床頭打交床尾和

1. (Cantonese, 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