凸槌

Chinese

		(adj.) convex; stick out	hammer; mallet; pestle
trad. (凸槌)		凸	槌
simp. ^#(凸槌)		凸	槌

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 脫箠／脱棰 (thut-chhôe, thut-chhê).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tūchuí

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄔㄨㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tūchuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄔㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuchuéi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-chʻui²
  - Yale: tū-chwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuchwei
  - Palladius: тучуй (tučuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Verb

凸槌

(Taiwanese Mandarin) to go off the rails; to screw up
(Taiwanese Mandarin) to make a fool of oneself

Synonyms

(to make a fool of oneself):

出土 (Hokkien)
出彩 (chūcǎi)
出洋相 (chū yángxiàng)
出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
咬破粿 (Teochew)
現眼／现眼 (xiànyǎn)
脫箠／脱棰 (Hokkien)
落屎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
落漆 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)

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