自家屙屎自家食

Chinese

		oneself	to defecate	oneself	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (自家屙屎自家食)		自家	屙屎	自家	食
simp. #(自家屙屎自家食)		自家	屙屎	自家	食
Literally: “one has shitted and now eats the shit oneself”.

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhit-kâ ô-sṳ́ chhit-kâ sṳ̍t / chhi̍t-kâ ô-sṳ́ chhi̍t-kâ sṳ̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ci⁴ ga¹ o¹ si³ ci⁴ ga¹ sed⁶

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit-kâ ô-sṳ́ chhit-kâ sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid^ˋ ga^ˊ o^ˊ sii^ˋ qid^ˋ ga^ˊ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵ ga¹ o¹ si³ qid⁵ ga¹ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚² ka²⁴⁻¹¹ o²⁴ sɨ³¹ t͡sʰit̚² ka²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi̍t-kâ ô-sṳ́ chhi̍t-kâ sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid ga^ˊ o^ˊ sii^ˋ qid ga^ˊ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁶ ga¹ o¹ si³ qid⁶ ga¹ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ o²⁴ sɨ³¹ t͡sʰit̚⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ci⁴ ga¹ o¹ si³ ci⁴ ga¹ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁵³ ka⁴⁴ o⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵³ ka⁴⁴ sət̚⁵/

Idiom

自家屙屎自家食

1. (Hakka, mildly vulgar, derogatory) to reap what one sows; to have made one's bed and lie in it

Synonyms

• 自作自受 (zìzuòzìshòu)

References

• “Entry #13765”, in 臺灣客語辭典 (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 自家屙屎自家食 in Syndict