三跤貓笑一目狗

See also: 三跤猫笑一目狗

Chinese

		three	bones of leg; wrestle	cat	laugh; smile	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	dog
trad. (三跤貓笑一目狗)		三	跤	貓	笑	一	目	狗
simp. (三跤猫笑一目狗)		三	跤	猫	笑	一	目	狗
alternative forms		三骹貓笑一目狗／三骹猫笑一目狗
Literally: “three-legged cat laughs at one-eyed dog”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ kha niau chhiò chi̍t ba̍k káu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ kha niau chhiò chi̍t ba̍k káu
    • Tâi-lô: sann kha niau tshiò tsi̍t ba̍k káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svaf qaf niaw chioix cit bak kao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bak̚⁴⁻³² kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ kʰa³³ niãu³³ t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bak̚²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

Idiom

三跤貓笑一目狗

1. (Hokkien) pot calling the kettle black

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
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