呸痰

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Chinese

		to spit (in contempt)	phlegm; spittle
trad. (呸痰)		呸	痰
simp. ^#(呸痰)		呸	痰
anagram		痰呸

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi-thâm

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-thâm
  - Tâi-lô: phuì-thâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'taam
  - IPA (Singapore): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴² tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰam²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰam²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²⁴/

Verb

呸痰

(Southern Min) to spit; to expectorate (to evacuate saliva from the mouth)

Synonyms

吐口水 (tǔ kǒushuǐ)
吐痰 (tǔtán)
呸瀾 / 呸澜 (Hokkien)
咯呸 (Xiamen Hokkien)
咯痰 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
𦧲口水 (loe1 hau2 seoi2) (Cantonese)

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