死人骨頭

Chinese

		dead person; corpse	bone; character; personal quality
trad. (死人骨頭)		死人	骨頭
simp. (死人骨头)		死人	骨头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-lâng-kut-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-lâng-kut-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: sí-lâng-kut-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sylangkuttaau
    • IPA (Singapore): /si⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³⁻²² kut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³⁻³³ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

死人骨頭

1. (Southern Min) skeleton of a dead person
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, vulgar) monkey business; dirty trick (used as an intensifier)

Synonyms

• (skeleton): 屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ); (literary) 屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái)
• (monkey business):

• 死骨頭／死骨头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鬼名堂 (guǐmíngtáng)