活歹命

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	unfortunate; unlucky
trad. (活歹命)		活	歹命
simp. #(活歹命)		活	歹命
alternative forms		活否命

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-phái-miā

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-phái-miā
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-phái-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqphaymia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/

Verb

活歹命

1. (Southern Min, idiomatic) to suffer a living hell; to go through sheer hell (usually in exaggerations to express reluctance or intolerability)

Synonyms

• 活受罪 (huóshòuzuì)