食人夠

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	man; person; people	to reach; to be enough
trad. (食人夠)		食	人	夠
simp. (食人够)		食	人	够
alternative forms		食儂夠／食侬够

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-lâng-kàu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-lâng-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-lâng-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlangkaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² laŋ²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kau²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ laŋ¹³⁻²² kau²¹/

Verb

食人夠

1. (Hokkien) to bully people excessively, encroach on their interests, and take advantage of them

   食人真夠／食人真够 [Hokkien]  ―  chia̍h lâng chin kàu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to really bully people and take advantage of them

   食人傷夠／食人伤够 [Hokkien]  ―  chia̍h lâng siong kàu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to excessively bully people and take advantage of them

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 食人夠夠／食人够够