囡仔穿大人衫——大軀

Chinese

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Etymology

大軀 (tōa su, “a big set of clothes”) is a homophone of 大輸 (tōa su, “to lose badly”).

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gín-á chhēng tōa-lâng saⁿ, tōa su
      • Tâi-lô: gín-á tshīng tuā-lâng sann, tuā su
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴ sã⁴⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /ɡin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴ sã⁴⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tua³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³ sã⁴⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

Idiom

囡仔穿大人衫——大軀

  1. (Hokkien) to lose badly
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