無衣食

Chinese

		not have	food and clothing; good luck; great prosperity
trad. (無衣食)		無	衣食
simp. (无衣食)		无	衣食
alternative forms		無圍翼／无围翼 (bô-ûi-si̍t) Zhangzhou

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-ui-si̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ui-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bô-ui-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'uisit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² ui⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² ui⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/

Verb

無⫽衣食 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to be in bad luck; to be out of luck; to be in misfortune; to have an unlucky influence or situation

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: buwisit
• → Cebuano: buwisit, bwisit, buysit
• → Hiligaynon: buisit
• → Ilocano: buisit
• → Tagalog: buwisit, bwisit