燙手山芋

燙手山芋

See also: 烫手山芋

Chinese

		to scald one's hand; hot to touch	sweet potato
trad. (燙手山芋)		燙手	山芋
simp. (烫手山芋)		烫手	山芋

Etymology

Calque of English hot potato.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàngshǒu shānyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄢ ㄩˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): thǹg-chhiú-soaⁿ-ō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàngshǒu shānyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄢ ㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanqshoou shanyiw
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǹg-chhiú-soaⁿ-ō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thǹg-tshiú-suann-ōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tngrchiwsvoa'o
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suã³³ ɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ³³/

Idiom

燙手山芋

1. hot potato (awkward or delicate problem)