搦屎搦尿

Chinese

		take hold	stool; faeces	take hold	urinate; urine
trad. (搦屎搦尿)		搦	屎	搦	尿
simp. #(搦屎搦尿)		搦	屎	搦	尿
Literally: “to wipe feces and to wipe urine”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍k-sái-la̍k-liō / la̍k-sái-la̍k-jiō

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-sái-la̍k-liō
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-sái-la̍k-liō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lagsaylaglioi
    • IPA (Taipei): /lak̚⁴⁻³² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚⁴⁻³² lio³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴⁻³² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚⁴⁻³² lio²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-sái-la̍k-jiō
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-sái-la̍k-jiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lagsaylagjioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zio²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴⁻³² sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lak̚⁴⁻³² ziɤ³³/

Idiom

搦屎搦尿

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to painstakingly nurture and take care of (a child)