食蛇

食蛇

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (食蛇)		食	蛇
Literally: “to eat snake”.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-chôa

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzoaa
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ t͡sua²³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sua²⁴/

Verb

食蛇

1. (Malaysia and Singapore Min Nan) to slack off; to play hooky; to take off from work