咯呸

Chinese

		part. indicating obviousness; cough (blood); to argue part. indicating obviousness; cough (blood); to argue; debate; phonetic	to spit (in contempt)
trad. (咯呸)		咯	呸
simp. #(咯呸)		咯	呸

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khah-phùi / khia̍k-phùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah-phùi
    • Tâi-lô: khah-phuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qahphuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khia̍k-phùi
    • Tâi-lô: khia̍k-phuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiagphuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚²⁴⁻² pʰui⁴¹/

Verb

咯⫽呸 (verb-object)

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to spit; to expectorate (to evacuate phlegm from the mouth)

Synonyms

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