歹紡

Chinese

		bad; wicked; evil	spin
trad. (歹紡)		歹	紡
simp. (歹纺)		歹	纺
alternative forms		否紡／否纺
Literally: “difficult to spin”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháiⁿ-pháng / phái-pháng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-pháng
    • Tâi-lô: pháinn-pháng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvaypharng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái-pháng
    • Tâi-lô: phái-pháng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaypharng
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

Adjective

歹紡

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) hard to handle; troublesome

Synonyms

• 傷腦／伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
• 傷腦筋／伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) (informal)
• 刺手 (cìshǒu)
• 囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuo)
• 扎手 (zhāshǒu)
• 棘手 (jíshǒu)
• 歹辦／歹办 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 䆀紡／䆀纺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 䆀辦／䆀办 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 累贅／累赘
• 纏手／缠手 (chánshǒu) (figurative)
• 費事／费事 (fèishì)
• 辣手 (làshǒu)
• 鑿手／凿手 (Hokkien)
• 難辦／难办 (nánbàn)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)