蝕秤頭

Chinese

		eat up slowly; eclipse	steelyard; steel yard; scales	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (蝕秤頭)		蝕	秤	頭
simp. (蚀秤头)		蚀	秤	头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍h-chhìn-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍h-chhìn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: si̍h-tshìn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siqchientaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

Verb

蝕秤頭

1. (Southern Min) to incur damages and loss to goods (such as vegetables, fruits, etc.) in the course of reweighing

Synonyms

• 折秤 (shéchèng)
• (Hokkien) 蝕重／蚀重, 蝕秤／蚀秤