放粉鳥

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	pigeon; dove
trad. (放粉鳥)		放	粉鳥
simp. (放粉鸟)		放	粉鸟
Literally: “to release a pigeon”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-hún-chiáu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-hún-chiáu
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-hún-tsiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parnghwnciao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/

Verb

放粉鳥

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) to stand someone up someone; to fail to show up

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	放鴿子, 晃點
	Malaysia	放飛機
	Singapore	放飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放飛機
	Hong Kong	放飛機
	Singapore (Guangfu)	放飛機
Southern Min	Tainan	放粉鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	放飛機
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放飛機