𡳞鳥比雞腿

Chinese

		penis	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	chicken leg; drumstick
trad. (𡳞鳥比雞腿/𡳞鳥比鷄腿)		𡳞鳥	比	雞腿/鷄腿
simp. (𡳞鸟比鸡腿)		𡳞鸟	比	鸡腿
alternative forms		玍鳥比雞腿／玍鳥比鷄腿／玍鸟比鸡腿
Literally: “compare a penis with a chicken leg”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lān-chiáu pí ke-thúi / lān-chiáu pí koe-thúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lān-chiáu pí ke-thúi
    • Tâi-lô: lān-tsiáu pí ke-thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laxnciao pie ke'tuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan³³⁻²¹ t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lān-chiáu pí koe-thúi
    • Tâi-lô: lān-tsiáu pí kue-thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laxnciao pie koe'tuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan³³⁻¹¹ t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁵³/

Idiom

𡳞鳥比雞腿

1. (Hokkien, vulgar) to compare apples and oranges

See also

• (Cantonese) 蚊髀同牛髀

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “玍鳥”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 946