烏矸仔貯豆油
Chinese
[edit]a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
bottle | to store; to save; stockpile | soya bean oil; soy sauce | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏矸仔貯豆油) | 烏 | 矸仔 | 貯 | 豆油 | |
| simp. (乌矸仔贮豆油) | 乌 | 矸仔 | 贮 | 豆油 | |
| Literally: “a black bottle containing soy sauce”. | |||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘ kan-á té tāu-iû
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘ kan-á té tāu-iû
- Tâi-lô: oo kan-á té tāu-iû
- Phofsit Daibuun: of kan'ar dea dauxiuu
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tau³³⁻²¹ iu²³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
Idiom
[edit]烏矸仔貯豆油
- (Hokkien, figurative) to be a hidden talent