呸血

Chinese

		to spit (in contempt)	blood
trad. (呸血)		呸	血
simp. #(呸血)		呸	血

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi-huih / phùi-hoeh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-huih
    • Tâi-lô: phuì-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'huiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: phuì-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'hoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ hueʔ³²/

Verb

呸血

1. (Southern Min, medicine) to vomit blood
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to be exasperating; to be utterly helpless

Synonyms

• (to vomit blood): 吐血 (tùxuè), 咯血 (kǎxuè), 咳血 (kéxuè), 嘔血／呕血 (ǒuxuè); (Min Nan) 霂血, 嘔紅／呕红, 咯紅／咯红
• (to be exasperating): (Min Nan) 吐血 (tùxuè), 吐血吐沱