偷食步

Chinese

		to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to steal and eat the food	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (偷食步)		偷食	步
simp. #(偷食步)		偷食	步

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thau-chia̍h-pō͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-chia̍h-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thau-tsia̍h-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauciaqpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Verb

偷食步

1. (Southern Min) to cheat; to pull a fast one; to cut corners

References

• “Entry #6990”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.