枵鬼食破家

Chinese

		gluttonous; stingy; miserly	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (枵鬼食破家)		枵鬼	食	破	家
simp. #(枵鬼食破家)		枵鬼	食	破	家

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-ke / iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-kee

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-ke
    • Tâi-lô: iau-kuí-tsia̍h-phuà-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'kuyciaqphoarkef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-kee
    • Tâi-lô: iau-kuí-tsia̍h-phuà-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Idiom

枵鬼食破家

1. (Hokkien) to incur greater loss due to keeping on getting things on the cheap

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 貪俗食破家／贪俗食破家, 俗物食破家