呸血

Chinese

		to spit (in contempt)	blood
trad. (呸血)		呸	血
simp. #(呸血)		呸	血

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi-huih / phùi-hoeh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-huih
    • Tâi-lô: phuì-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'huiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: phuì-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'hoeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ hueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/

Verb

呸血

1. (Southern Min, medicine) to vomit blood
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to be exasperating; to be utterly helpless

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吐血 (“to vomit blood”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吐血, 嘔血
Mandarin	Taiwan	吐血
	Liuzhou	吐血
	Singapore	吐血
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘔血
	Hong Kong	嘔血
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘔血
Gan	Nanchang	吐血
	Pingxiang	吐血
Hakka	Meixian	嘔血, 翻血
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘔血
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘔血, 翻血
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘔血
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘔血, 翻血
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘔血
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	吐血
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嘔血
Southern Min	Xiamen	吐血, 呸血, 咯紅, 霂血
	Quanzhou	吐血, 呸血, 咯紅, 霂血
	Jinjiang	吐血, 呸血
	Zhangzhou	吐血, 呸血
	Tainan	嘔紅, 嘔血, 呸血, 咯血
	Singapore (Hokkien)	吐血
	Manila (Hokkien)	吐血, 呸血
	Shantou	嘔血, 吐血
	Leizhou	吐血
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘔血, 吐血
Wu	Wenzhou	吐血
Xiang	Loudi	吐血

• (to be exasperating): (Hokkien, Teochew) 吐血 (tùxuè), 吐血吐沱