龜毛

龜毛

See also: 龟毛

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (龜毛)		龜	毛
simp. (龟毛)		龟	毛
Literally: “turtle hair”.

Etymology

The adjective sense is originally Min Nan. It is possibly a reference to 龜毛兔角／龟毛兔角 ("an impossibility", literally "turtle fur and rabbit horns"), a Buddhist metaphor that describes hollow logic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ mou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ku-mo͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueimáo
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-mao²
    • Yale: gwēi-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueimau
    • Palladius: гуймао (gujmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ mou⁴
    • Yale: gwāi mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-mo͘
    • Tâi-lô: ku-moo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kumof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ mɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

龜毛

1. male pubic hair

Synonyms

• (vulgar) 雞巴毛／鸡巴毛 (jībamáo)
• (Cantonese) 鳩毛／鸠毛
• (Min Nan) 𡳞蔓

Adjective

龜毛

1. (Min Nan, Taiwanese Mandarin, of someone's personality) picky; indecisive; high-maintenance (describes somebody with unreasonable expectations)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 龜毛

二七八 厚屎尿 厚沙屑 膣屄 交繃／交绷 厚詼諧／厚诙谐 唸潲拍嘓／念潲拍啯 實膜／实膜

愛計較／爱计较 貓毛／猫毛 貓神／猫神 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo) 較要求／较要求 韌鼻／韧鼻 龜毛神／龟毛神 龜祟／龟祟

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #12128”, 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.