早知拉尿，企到天光

Chinese

		to know earlier	to pee; to pass urine involuntarily; to wet oneself		plan a project; stand on tiptoe	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	brightening of the sky; sunlight; colour of the sky
simp. and trad. (早知拉尿，企到天光)		早知	拉尿	，	企	到	天光

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chó-tî lài-ngiau, khî to thiên-kông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zau³ di¹ lai² ngiau⁴, ki¹ dau⁴ tiên¹ guong¹

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-tî lài-ngiau, khî to thiên-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo` di´ laiˇ ngiau, ki´ do tien´ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ di¹ lai² ngiau⁴, ki¹ do⁴ tian¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ ti²⁴ lai̯¹¹ ŋi̯au̯⁵⁵ kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵⁵ tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zau³ di¹ lai² ngiau⁴, ki¹ dau⁴ tiên¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sau³¹ ti⁴⁴⁻³⁵ laɪ¹¹ ŋiau⁵³ kʰi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tau⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kuɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

早知拉尿，企到天光

1. (Hakka) to regret one's past behaviour

Synonyms

• 早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)
• 既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū)

References

• 臺灣客家語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.