食殺，穿拍結

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to kill; to murder; to slaughter		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	to tie a knot; to tie
trad. (食殺，穿拍結)		食	殺	，	穿	拍結
simp. (食杀，穿拍结)		食	杀	，	穿	拍结
Literally: “to eat ferociously, to tie a knot in wearing”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-sat, chhēng-phah-kat

---

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-sat, chhēng-phah-kat
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-sat, tshīng-phah-kat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sat̚⁵ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² pʰa(ʔ)⁵ kat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sat̚³² t͡sʰiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kat̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sat̚³² t͡sʰiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kat̚³²/

Idiom

食殺，穿拍結

1. (Hokkien) to spend freely in food but thriftily in clothes