空喙哺舌

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Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	mouth	chew	tongue
trad. (空喙哺舌)		空	喙	哺	舌
simp. ^#(空喙哺舌)		空	喙	哺	舌
alternative forms		空嘴哺舌空嘴薄舌

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-chhùi-pō͘-chi̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-chhùi-pō͘-chi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: khang-tshuì-pōo-tsi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangzhuie'poxcih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

Idiom

空喙哺舌

(Southern Min) to give empty talk; to make mere verbal statements
- 1992, “愛情的騙子我問你 ”, 蔣錦鴻 (lyrics), 俞隆華 (music), performed by 陳小雲 :
  
  原來你是空嘴薄舌達到目的做　你去
  原来你是空嘴薄舌达到目的做　你去
  goân-lâi lí sī khang-chhùi-pō͘-chi̍h ta̍t-tio̍h bo̍k-tek chòe, lí khì
  In the end those were just your empty words, just to fulfill your desire... and then you leave
(Southern Min) mere verbal statement is no guarantee

Synonyms

(to give empty talk): 信口開河／信口开河 (xìnkǒukāihé)
(mere verbal statement is no guarantee): 空口無憑／空口无凭 (kōngkǒuwúpíng), 口說無憑／口说无凭 (kǒushuōwúpíng); (Hakka) 無根無據／无根无据

References

“空喙哺舌”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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