哭爸

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Chinese

		to cry; to weep	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
simp. and trad. (哭爸)		哭	爸
alternative forms		哭父考背 Mandarin-based respelling 靠杯 Mandarin-based respelling 靠北 Mandarin-based respelling 靠背 Mandarin-based respelling

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khàu-pē / khàu-pě / khàu-pēe

(Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ bê⁶

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pē
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-pē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qao'pe
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴² pe²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pě
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-pě
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pēe
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-pēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pɛ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kao³ bê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu pĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pe³⁵/

Verb

哭爸

(Southern Min, vulgar) to complain (as if he lost his dad)
- 19??, “〈陳三大難〉”, in 《潮州戲曲選集》, page 7:
  
  許雙手個外月無洗。臭到哭父。 [Teochew, trad.]
  许双手个外月无洗。臭到哭父。 [Teochew, simp.]
  he² sang¹ ciu² gai⁵ ghua⁷ ghuêh⁸ bho⁵ soi². cao³ gao³ kao³ bê⁶. [Peng'im]
  That pair of hands has not been washed in months. They stink so much that one must complain.

Interjection

哭爸

(Southern Min, vulgar) Oh, shit!

Derived terms

哭爸哭母

Descendants

English: kaopeh (Singlish)

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