濟囝餓死爸

See also: 济囝饿死爸

Chinese

		aid; ferry; frugal	child	to starve to death; to die of starvation	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
trad. (濟囝餓死爸)		濟	囝	餓死	爸
simp. (济囝饿死爸)		济	囝	饿死	爸
alternative forms		濟囝餓死父／济囝饿死父 儕囝餓死父／侪囝饿死父 儕囝餓死爸／侪囝饿死爸 多子餓死父／多子饿死父 多囝餓死父／多囝饿死父 濟囝餓死父／济囝饿死父 儕囝餓死父／侪囝饿死父 儕囝餓死爸／侪囝饿死爸 多子餓死父／多子饿死父 多囝餓死父／多囝饿死父 多囝餓死爸／多囝饿死爸
Literally: “many children will make a father starve to death”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chōe kiáⁿ gō-sí pē / chōe káⁿ gō-sí pě / chē kiáⁿ gō-sí pē / chē kiáⁿ gō-sí pēe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoi⁷ gian² gho⁷ si² bê⁶

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōe kiáⁿ gō-sí pē
    • Tâi-lô: tsuē kiánn gō-sí pē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoe kviar goixsie pe
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo³³⁻¹¹ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²²⁻²¹ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²²⁻²¹ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōe káⁿ gō-sí pě
    • Tâi-lô: tsuē kánn gō-sí pě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻²² kã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡo⁴¹⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē kiáⁿ gō-sí pē
    • Tâi-lô: tsē kiánn gō-sí pē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ze kviar goixsie pe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡɤ³³⁻²¹ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē kiáⁿ gō-sí pēe
    • Tâi-lô: tsē kiánn gō-sí pēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²²⁻²¹ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²²⁻²¹ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoi⁷ gian² gho⁷ si² bê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsōi kiáⁿ gō sí pĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soi¹¹ kĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ ɡo¹¹ si⁵²⁻³⁵ pe³⁵/

Idiom

濟囝餓死爸

1. (Hokkien, Teochew) unable to make ends meet; in dire financial circumstances

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 濟囝枵死爸／济囝枵死爸
• (Hakka) 多子餓死爺／多子饿死爷
• (Cantonese) 仔多餓死爺／仔多饿死爷

Derived terms

• 好囝毋免濟，濟囝餓死爸／好囝毋免济，济囝饿死爸
• 濟囝餓死爸，濟新婦磨死大家／济囝饿死爸，济新妇磨死大家
• 濟囝餓死爸，濟狗毋看家／济囝饿死爸，济狗毋看家