童子消

Chinese

		child, especially a boy; scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam	consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
trad. (童子消)		童子	消
simp. #(童子消)		童子	消

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chú-siau

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chú-siau
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsú-siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzwsiaw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/

Noun

童子消

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, pathology) infantile pulmonary tuberculosis

Synonyms

• 童子癆／童子痨 (tóngzǐláo)
• (Hokkien) 童子虛／童子虚