龜笑鱉無毛

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	laugh; smile	turtle	not have	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (龜笑鱉無毛)		龜	笑	鱉	無	毛
simp. (龟笑鳖无毛)		龟	笑	鳖	无	毛
Literally: “tortoise laughs at a soft-shell turtle for not having fur”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-chhiò-pih-bô-mn̂g / ku-chhiò-pih-bô-mô͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-chhiò-pih-bô-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: ku-tshiò-pih-bô-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuchioirpihboimngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ pi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ pi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pi(ʔ)⁵ bo²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ pi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-chhiò-pih-bô-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ku-tshiò-pih-bô-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuchioirpihboimoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ pi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo¹³⁻²² mɔ̃¹³/

Idiom

龜笑鱉無毛

1. (Hokkien) pot calling the kettle black; tu quoque

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 五十步笑百步 (“pot calling the kettle black”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步
Cantonese	Hong Kong	五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步
Southern Min	Xiamen	七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉無尾, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 三跤雞笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤
	Quanzhou	七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤
	Zhangzhou	七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤
	Tainan	七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無尾