𣍐曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚

Chinese

		to be unable to; to not know how to; to have not learned to	to have one's hair shaved; to have one's haircut; to have a haircut		to come across; to encounter; to have to come across; to encounter; to have; to meet with; to run into; to find	beard; mustache; whiskers
trad. (𣍐曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚)		𣍐曉	剃頭	，	拄著	鬍鬚
simp. (𫧃晓剃头，拄著胡须)		𫧃晓	剃头	，	拄著	胡须
alternative forms		袂曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚／袂晓剃头，拄著胡须

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-hiáu thì-thâu, tú-tio̍h hô͘-chhiu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-hiáu thì-thâu, tú-tio̍h hô͘-chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: bē-hiáu thì-thâu, tú-tio̍h hôo-tshiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴ tu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁴¹⁻²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴ tu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³ tu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴ tu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³ tu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

𣍐曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚

1. (figurative, Southern Min) to be in an unfamiliar situation

References

• “Entry #60253”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.