塗炭屎

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Chinese

		to be in mud and coal; mire and charcoal ashes; filthy place	stool; faeces
trad. (塗炭屎)		塗炭	屎
simp. (涂炭屎)		涂炭	屎

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-thòaⁿ-sái

(Teochew, Peng'im): tou⁵ tuan³ sai²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-thòaⁿ-sái
  - Tâi-lô: thôo-thuànn-sái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: to'tvoarsae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² tʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tou⁵ tuan³ sai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thôu thuàⁿ sái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

塗炭屎

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) coal cinder

Synonyms

煤渣 (méizhā)
(Hokkien) 炭屎
(Xiang) 煤渣子

References

Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “A Dictionary of some of the more important words in the Swatow dialect”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press

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