宿宿人買著漏酒甕

Chinese

 
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
 
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
man; person; people buy
 
particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with
particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer
 
funnel; to leak; to let out
funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
wine jar
trad. (宿宿人買著漏酒甕) 宿 宿 酒甕
simp. (宿宿人买着漏酒瓮) 宿 宿 酒瓮
Literally: “an intelligent person bought a leaking wine jar”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-sek-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng / sek-sek-lâng-bé-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng / siak-siak-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sek-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng
      • Tâi-lô: sik-sik-lâng-bué-tio̍h-làu-tsiú-àng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sekseklangboefdioiqlaociwaxng
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²¹/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sek-lâng-bé-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng
      • Tâi-lô: sik-sik-lâng-bé-tio̍h-làu-tsiú-àng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sekseklangbefdioiqlaociwaxng
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ laŋ¹³⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²¹/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-siak-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng
      • Tâi-lô: siak-siak-lâng-bué-tio̍h-làu-tsiú-àng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: siaksiaklangboefdioiqlaociwaxng
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ aŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

宿宿人買著漏酒甕

  1. (Hokkien) nobody is infallible

Synonyms

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