tùi-put-khí

Min Nan

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-put-khí
  • Tâi-lô: tuì-put-khí
  • Phofsit Daibuun: duie'putqie
  • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi⁵³/
  • IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

1. to cause someone embarrassment; to screw someone over; to do something to a person that would demand an apology later on

Usage notes

• tùi-put-khí is rarely used as an interjection meaning I'm sorry in Min Nan. Use 歹勢／歹势 (phái-sè) or 失禮／失礼 (sit-lé) instead.

Synonyms

• 對不住／对不住 (tùi-pu̍t-chū)