牛仔毋捌虎

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Chinese

		calf	not	to know; to recognize	tiger
trad. (牛仔毋捌虎)		牛仔	毋	捌	虎
simp. ^#(牛仔毋捌虎)		牛仔	毋	捌	虎
alternative forms		牛仔不八虎牛仔呣捌虎牛仔伓別虎／牛仔伓别虎
Literally: “A calf does not recognize a tiger.”

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-á m̄-pat hó͘ / gû-á m̄-bat hó͘

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á m̄-pat hó͘
  - Tâi-lô: gû-á m̄-pat hóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'ar mxpad hor
  - IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ a⁴² m̩²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁴²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴ m̩⁴¹⁻²² pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² a⁵³ m̩²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á m̄-bat hó͘
  - Tâi-lô: gû-á m̄-bat hóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'ar mxbad hor
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ bat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹ m̩³³⁻²¹ bat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² a⁵³ m̩²²⁻²¹ bat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔ⁵³/

Proverb

牛仔毋捌虎

(Southern Min) a young person is often willing to take risks

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 初生之犢不畏虎 (“A young person is often fearless and willing to take risks.”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎, 初生牛犢不怕虎, 初生之犢不懼虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	初生牛犢兒不怕虎
	Taiwan	初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎
	Singapore	初生之犢不畏虎, 初生之犢不怕虎
Cantonese	Hong Kong	初生之犢不畏虎
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛仔毋捌虎
	Quanzhou	牛仔毋捌虎
	Zhangzhou	牛仔毋捌虎
	Tainan	青盲牛毋捌虎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛囝毋捌虎, 牛仔毋捌虎, 鳥囝毋捌lastic
	Jieyang	牛囝唔捌虎
	Singapore (Teochew)	牛囝唔捌虎, 鳥囝唔捌lastic
	Singapore (Hainanese)	牛囝無驚虎

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