活歹命
Chinese
editto live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
unfortunate; unlucky | ||
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trad. (活歹命) | 活 | 歹命 | |
simp. #(活歹命) | 活 | 歹命 | |
alternative forms | 活否命 |
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-phái-miā
- Tâi-lô: ua̍h-phái-miā
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaqphaymia
- IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
edit活歹命
- (Southern Min, idiomatic) to suffer a living hell; to go through sheer hell (usually in exaggerations to express reluctance or intolerability)
Synonyms
edit- 活受罪 (huóshòuzuì)