頭犁犁

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	plough	plough
trad. (頭犁犁)		頭	犁	犁
simp. (头犁犁)		头	犁	犁

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu lài-lài
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu lê-lê

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu lài-lài
    • Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ laiˇ laiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² lai² lai²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ lai̯¹¹ lai̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu lê-lê
    • Tâi-lô: thâu lê-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taau lelee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² le²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² le²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² le¹³⁻²² le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ le²³⁻³³ le²³/

Verb

頭犁犁

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to lower one's head in frustration

   • 看到你我就完全未說話只好頭犁犁 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     看到你我就完全未说话只好头犁犁 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1995, 愛情限時批 (Express Love Letter), written by 伍佰 (Wu Bai), performed by Wu Bai & China Blue and 萬芳 (Wan Fang)

     khòaⁿ-tio̍h lí góa tiō oân-choân bōe kóng-ōe chí-hó thâu-lê-lê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Upon seeing you I can't even finish my words; I can only bow my head in despair

Synonyms

• 垂頭喪氣／垂头丧气 (chuítóusàngqì)

Derived terms

• 飽穗的稻仔，頭犁犁／饱穗的稻仔，头犁犁