西瓜倚大爿
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Chinese
| western melon; watermelon | to lean on; rely upon | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
piece; side | ||
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| trad. (西瓜倚大爿) | 西瓜 | 倚 | 大 | 爿 | |
| simp. #(西瓜倚大爿) | 西瓜 | 倚 | 大 | 爿 | |
| alternative forms | 西瓜偎大爿 西瓜偎大邊／西瓜偎大边 | ||||
| Literally: “A larger slice of watermelon is more favoured”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-koe óa tōa pêng / se-koe óa tōa pûiⁿ / se-koa óa tōa pêng / si-koe óa tōa pêng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-koe óa tōa pêng
- Tâi-lô: se-kue uá tuā pêng
- Phofsit Daibuun: se'koef oar doa peeng
- IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴ ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-koe óa tōa pûiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: se-kue uá tuā puînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: se'koef oar doa pvuii
- IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ kue³³ ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² puĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-koa óa tōa pêng
- Tâi-lô: se-kua uá tuā pîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: se'koaf oar doa peeng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴ ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-koe óa tōa pêng
- Tâi-lô: si-kue uá tuā pêng
- Phofsit Daibuun: si'koef oar doa peeng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴ ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴ ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
西瓜倚大爿
- (Hokkien) to ingratiate oneself with powerful or influential people; to agree with the majority
Synonyms
References
- “Entry #27020”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.