食秤頭

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	weight; weight; importance
trad. (食秤頭)		食	秤頭
simp. (食秤头)		食	秤头

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chhìn-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tshìn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqchientaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

Verb

食秤頭

1. (Hokkien) to give short weight; to cheat customers by altering weighing scales

Synonyms

• 缺斤短兩／缺斤短两 (quējīnduǎnliǎng)
• 缺斤少兩／缺斤少两 (quējīnshǎoliǎng)
• 短斤缺兩／短斤缺两
• (Hokkien) 偏秤頭／偏秤头, 摀秤頭／𰓆秤头, 唬秤頭／唬秤头