破病雞

Chinese

		to fall ill; to catch a disease; to contract an illness	fowl; chicken
trad. (破病雞/破病鷄)		破病	雞/鷄
simp. (破病鸡)		破病	鸡

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pua⁴ ba⁵ ge¹ / pua⁴ baⁿ⁵ ge¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pua⁴ ba⁵ ge¹ [Phonetic: pua⁴ ma⁵ e¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua⁴² ^(p-)ma²¹ ^(k-)e⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pua⁴ baⁿ⁵ ge¹ [Phonetic: pua⁴ ma⁵ ge¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua⁴² ^(p-)ma²¹ ke⁵³³/

Noun

破病雞

1. (Puxian Min, figuratively) a person in poor health; a person who are often sick

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “破病鸡”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 452.