落囝兒坑

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	sons and daughters; children	pit; to defraud
trad. (落囝兒坑)		落	囝兒	坑
simp. (落囝儿坑)		落	囝儿	坑

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-kiáⁿ-lî-khiⁿ / lo̍h-kiáⁿ-lî-kheⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-kiáⁿ-lî-khiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-kiánn-lî-khinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqkviafli'qvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² kʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-kiáⁿ-lî-kheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-kiánn-lî-khenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqkviafli'qvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li¹³⁻²² kʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

落囝兒坑

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to suffer due to having many children, little income, or heavy domestic work (traditionally believed to be due to karma from debt owed to one's children from a previous life)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 落囝坑