牛仔毋捌虎

Chinese

		calf	not	to know; to recognize	tiger
trad. (牛仔毋捌虎)		牛仔	毋	捌	虎
simp. #(牛仔毋捌虎)		牛仔	毋	捌	虎
alternative forms		牛仔不八虎 牛仔呣捌虎 牛仔伓別虎／牛仔伓别虎
Literally: “A calf does not recognize a tiger.”

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-á m̄-pat hó͘ / gû-á m̄-bat hó͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á m̄-pat hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: gû-á m̄-pat hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'ar mxpad hor
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ a⁴² m̩²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁴²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴ m̩⁴¹⁻²² pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² a⁵³ m̩²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á m̄-bat hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: gû-á m̄-bat hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'ar mxbad hor
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ bat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ bat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² a⁵³ m̩²²⁻²¹ bat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔ⁵³/

Proverb

牛仔毋捌虎

1. (Southern Min) a young person is often willing to take risks

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 初生之犢不畏虎 (“A young person is often fearless and willing to take risks.”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎, 初生之犢不懼虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	初生之犢不畏虎
	Singapore	初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛仔毋捌虎
	Quanzhou	牛仔毋捌虎
	Zhangzhou	牛仔毋捌虎
	Tainan	青盲牛毋捌虎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛仔毋捌虎, 烏仔毋捌lastic
	Jieyang	牛囝唔捌虎
	Singapore (Teochew)	牛囝唔捌虎, 烏囝唔捌lastic