凸槌

Chinese

		(adj.) convex; stick out	hammer; mallet; pestle
trad. (凸槌)		凸	槌
simp. #(凸槌)		凸	槌

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 脫箠／脱棰 (thut-chhôe, thut-chhê).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūchuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ ㄔㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūchuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuchuéi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-chʻui²
    • Yale: tū-chwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuchwei
    • Palladius: тучуй (tučuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Verb

凸槌

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) to go off the rails; to screw up
2. (Taiwanese Mandarin) to make a fool of oneself

Synonyms

• (to make a fool of oneself):

• 出彩 (chūcǎi)
• 出洋相 (chū yángxiàng)
• 出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
• 咬破粿 (Teochew)
• 現眼／现眼 (xiànyǎn)
• 脫箠／脱棰 (Hokkien)
• 落屎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 落漆 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)