呸血

Chinese

		to spit (in contempt)	blood
simp. and trad. (呸血)		呸	血

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): phùi-huih / phùi-hoeh

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-huih
  - Tâi-lô: phuì-huih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'huiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi-hoeh
  - Tâi-lô: phuì-hueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phuie'hoeq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹⁻⁵³ hueʔ³²/

Verb

呸血

(Min Nan, medicine) to vomit blood
(Mainland China Hokkien) to be exasperating; to be utterly helpless

Synonyms

(to vomit blood): 吐血 (tùxuè), 咯血 (kǎxuè), 咳血 (kéxuè), 嘔血／呕血 (ǒuxuè); (Min Nan) 霂血, 嘔紅／呕红, 咯紅／咯红
(to be exasperating): (Min Nan) 吐血 (tùxuè), 吐血吐沱

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