賭痞

賭痞

Chinese

		bet; gamble	scoundrel; swelling of the liver
trad. (賭痞)		賭	痞
simp. (赌痞)		赌	痞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǔpǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˇ ㄆㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǔpǐ [Phonetic: dúpǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˇ ㄆㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duupii
    • IPA ^(key): /tu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

賭痞

1. ruffian who gambles for a living

   • 從前的「賭痞」，現在自己在那裡禁賭了，農會勢盛地方，和牌一樣弊絕風清。 [MSC, trad.]
     从前的“赌痞”，现在自己在那里禁赌了，农会势盛地方，和牌一样弊绝风清。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Cóngqián de “dǔpǐ”, xiànzài zìjǐ zài nàlǐ jìndǔ le, nónghuì shìshèng dìfang, hé pái yīyàng bìjuéfēngqīng. [Pinyin]

     Former hardened gamblers are now themselves suppressing gambling; this abuse, too, has been swept away in places where the peasant association is powerful.