硩孤字
Chinese
edit| lone; lonely | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (硩孤字) | 硩 | 孤 | 字 | |
| simp. #(硩孤字) | 硩 | 孤 | 字 | |
| alternative forms | 壓孤字／压孤字 | |||
| Literally: “to bet all one's money on a single word”. | ||||
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teeh-ko͘-jī
- Tâi-lô: teeh-koo-jī
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Verb
edit硩孤字
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go all out; to take huge risks