無頭神

Chinese

		not have	head; (noun suffix)	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (無頭神)		無	頭	神
simp. (无头神)		无	头	神

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-thâu-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ tao⁵ sêng⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tausiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ sin²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ tao⁵ sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô thâu sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/

Note: bho5 tao5 sêng5 - Jieyang.

Adjective

無頭神

1. (Southern Min) forgetful; absent-minded

Synonyms

• 健忘 (jiànwàng)
• (Cantonese) 冇耳性

References

• “Entry #8700”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.