儉腸凹肚

Chinese

		frugal; to be in need	intestines	a depression; indentation; concave a depression; indentation; concave; hollow	belly; tripe
trad. (儉腸凹肚)		儉	腸	凹	肚
simp. (俭肠凹肚)		俭	肠	凹	肚
alternative forms		儉腸勒肚／俭肠勒肚

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiām-tn̂g-leh-tō͘ / khiǎm-tn̂g-liak-tǒ͘ / khiām-tn̂g-neh-tō͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiām-tn̂g-leh-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: khiām-tn̂g-leh-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxmd'nglehdo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² le(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiǎm-tn̂g-liak-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: khiǎm-tn̂g-liak-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam²² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² liak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiām-tn̂g-neh-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: khiām-tn̂g-neh-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxmd'ngnehdo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³ nɛ̃(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴ nẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³ nẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɔ³³/

Idiom

儉腸凹肚

1. (Hokkien) to be extremely frugal, such as by saving money from daily expenses

References

• “Entry #11002”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.