揜尾狗

Chinese

		to put the tail between legs	dog
simp. and trad. (揜尾狗)		揜尾	狗
alternative forms		挹尾狗

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iap-bé-káu / iap-bér-káu / iap-bóe-káu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bé-káu
    • Tâi-lô: iap-bé-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iapbefkao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bér-káu
    • Tâi-lô: iap-bér-káu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bóe-káu
    • Tâi-lô: iap-bué-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iapboefkao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚³²⁻⁵ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

Noun

揜尾狗

1. (Hokkien, literally) dog with its tail between its legs
2. (Hokkien, figurative) person who is demoralized, defeated and running away