哭爸哭母

Chinese

		to complain; Oh, shit!	to cry; to weep	female; mother
simp. and trad. (哭爸哭母)		哭爸	哭	母
alternative forms		靠北靠母 Mandarin based respelling KPKB Malaysia and Singapore

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khàu-pē-khàu-bú / khàu-pě-khàu-bú / khàu-pē-khàu-bó

(Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ bê⁶ kao³ bho²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pē-khàu-bú
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-pē-khàu-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qao'pexqao'buo
  - IPA (Singapore): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴² pe²²⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁴² bu⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³⁻¹¹ kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pě-khàu-bú
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-pě-khàu-bú
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe²² kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Philippines): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe³³⁻²² kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pē-khàu-bó
  - Tâi-lô: khàu-pē-khàu-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qao'pexqao'boir
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³⁻¹¹ kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kao³ bê⁶ kao³ bho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu pĕ khàu bó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pe³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

哭爸哭母

(Hokkien, Teochew, vulgar) to be full of complaints; to complain to high heaven; to complain bitterly

Synonyms

叫苦連天／叫苦连天 (jiàokǔliántiān)
呼天搶地／呼天抢地 (hūtiānqiāngdì)
(Hokkien) 哭死哭活, 哀爸叫母

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