無頭神

Chinese

		not have	head; (noun suffix)	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (無頭神)		無	頭	神
simp. (无头神)		无	头	神

Etymology

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Particularly: “does 無頭無神/嘸頭嘸神／无头无神/呒头呒神 (bô-thâu-bô-sîn) exist as well?”

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bô-thâu-sîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ tao⁵ sêng⁵

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tausiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ sin²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ tao⁵ sêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô thâu sêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/

Note: bho5 tao5 sêng5 - Jieyang.

Adjective

無頭神

(Southern Min) forgetful; absent-minded

Synonyms

健忘 (jiànwàng)
(Cantonese) 冇耳性

References

“Entry #8700”, 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.