麥芽膏手

Chinese

		maltose; malt syrup	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (麥芽膏手)		麥芽膏	手
simp. (麦芽膏手)		麦芽膏	手
Literally: “maltose hands”.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-gê-ko-chhiú / be̍h-gêe-ko-chhiú

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-gê-ko-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: be̍h-gê-ko-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beqge'koichiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-gêe-ko-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: be̍h-gêe-ko-tshiú
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡɛ¹³⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

Noun

麥芽膏手

(Hokkien) someone who takes whatever one sees; pilfering pickpocket

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