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Chinese

to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
 
 no; not
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
 
 to have a runny nose
trad. (愛媠毋驚流鼻水) 愛 媠 毋 驚 流鼻水
simp. (爱媠毋惊流鼻水) 爱 媠 毋 惊 流鼻水
alternative forms 愛水伓驚流鼻水／爱水伓惊流鼻水
愛水毋驚流鼻水／爱水毋惊流鼻水
愛水不驚流鼻水／爱水不惊流鼻水
Literally: “to love beauty and not be afraid of having a runny nose”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài súi m̄ kiaⁿ lâu phīⁿ-chúi
      • Tâi-lô: ài suí m̄ kiann lâu phīnn-tsuí
      • Phofsit Daibuun: aix suie m kviaf laau phvixzuie
      • IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ sui⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ lau²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ sui⁵³ m̩²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² lau²⁴⁻²² pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ sui⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ lau²³⁻³³ pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ sui⁵³ m̩²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² lau¹³⁻²² pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
      • IPA (Singapore): /ai²¹⁻⁴² sui⁴² m̩²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² lau²⁴⁻²¹ pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴²/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài súi m̄ kiaⁿ lâu phī-chúi
      • Tâi-lô: ài suí m̄ kiann lâu phī-tsuí
      • Phofsit Daibuun: aix suie m kviaf laau phixzuie
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sui⁵⁵⁴ m̩⁴¹⁻²² kiã³³ lau²⁴⁻²² pʰi⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

Phrase

愛媠毋驚流鼻水

  1. (Hokkien) to be fashionable rather than comfortable; to wear little on a cold day to look attractive

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 要風度不要溫度 (“to wear little to look attractive despite the cold”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 要風度不要溫度
Cantonese Guangzhou 要靚唔要命, 抵冷貪瀟湘
Hong Kong 愛靚唔愛命, 要靚唔要命, 抵冷貪瀟湘
Southern Min Xiamen 愛風度無驚溫度, 愛媠毋驚流鼻水, 愛媠毋驚凍露水
Quanzhou 愛風度無驚溫度, 愛媠毋驚流鼻水
Zhangzhou 愛風度無驚溫度, 愛媠毋驚流鼻水
Tainan 愛媠毋驚流鼻水
Singapore (Hokkien) 愛媠毋驚流鼻水, 愛媠莫命

References

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