半桶屎

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	pail; bucket; bin pail; bucket; bin; barrel	stool; faeces
trad. (半桶屎)		半	桶	屎
simp. #(半桶屎)		半	桶	屎
alternative forms		半屎桶 半桶師／半桶师
Literally: “half a bucket of feces”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-tháng-sái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buan³ tang² sai²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-tháng-sái
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-tháng-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartafngsae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buan³ tang² sai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ tháng sái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

半桶屎

1. (Southern Min) smatterer; amateur; dabbler

Synonyms

• 半瓶醋 (bànpíngcù)
• 半瓶子醋 (bànpíngzicù)
• (Hokkien) 半桶師仔／半桶师仔, 半桶水 (bàntǒngshuǐ), 半路師／半路师, 半精戇／半精戆, 𣍐半精／𫧃半精