有耳無喙
Chinese edit
to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
ear | not have | mouth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (有耳無喙) | 有 | 耳 | 無 | 喙 | |
| simp. (有耳无喙) | 有 | 耳 | 无 | 喙 | |
| alternative forms | 有耳無嘴／有耳无嘴 | ||||
| Literally: “to have ears, without a mouth”. | |||||
Pronunciation edit
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-hī-bô-chhùi
- Tâi-lô: ū-hī-bô-tshuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: uxhixboizhuix
- IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ hi²²⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ hi³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰui¹¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ hi²²⁻²¹ bo¹³⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-hīⁿ-bô-chhùi
- Tâi-lô: ū-hīnn-bô-tshuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: uxhvixboizhuix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ hĩ³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-hǐ-bô-chhùi
- Tâi-lô: ǔ-hǐ-bô-tshuì
- IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² hi²² bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
Idiom edit
有耳無喙
- (Hokkien, figurative) Describes someone who listens but doesn't typically speak up with their opinion especially when they are expected to
Verb edit
有耳無喙
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “有耳无喙”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 41.
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “有耳無嘴”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ū-hī bô-chhùi”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 128; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 128