一肚火

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	belly; tripe	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (一肚火)		一	肚	火
simp. #(一肚火)		一	肚	火
Literally: “(to have) a stomach full of fire”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ tou⁵ fo²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ dou² huê²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ tou⁵ fo²
    • Yale: yāt tóuh fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tou⁵ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tou⁵ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯¹³ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ dou² huê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k tóu hué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tou⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵²⁻²¹/

Phrase

一肚火

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) to be furious

   睇到我一肚火 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   tai² dou³ ngo⁵ jat¹ tou⁵ fo² [Jyutping]

   watching it made me furious

   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “肚 (tó)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 551:

     聽了氣到一肚火 [Teochew, trad.]
     听了气到一肚火 [Teochew, simp.]

     tian¹ liou² ki³ gao³ zêg⁸ dou² huê² [Peng'im]

     on hearing it, was filled with burning rage

Synonyms

• (Taiwanese Hokkien) 規𡳞脬火／规𡳞脬火, 規腹火／规腹火

See also

• 一肚子 (yīdùzi)