歪喙雞食好米

歪喙雞食好米

Chinese

		askew	beak; to pant	fowl; chicken	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	good; well; be fond of	rice; meter
trad. (歪喙雞食好米)		歪	喙	雞	食	好	米
simp. (歪喙鸡食好米)		歪	喙	鸡	食	好	米
Literally: “crooked beaked chicken eats the good rice”.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): oai chhùi ke chia̍h hó bí

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oai chhùi ke chia̍h hó bí
    • Tâi-lô: uai tshuì ke tsia̍h hó bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oay zhuix kef ciah hoir bie
    • IPA (Taipei): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/

Idiom

歪喙雞食好米

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figuratively) wanting more than one could reasonably expect given one's status or ability

References

• “Entry #60211”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.