| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 183 |
ge5a1 gia84 |
鷄子 兒 |
Chicken. |
[ji1zi0 er2] “小鷄。” |
| 8 |
o5 gan2a4 de1 dao6you3 |
黑 矸子 置 豆油 |
Black glass bottle is stored with soy sauce. You will never tell. |
[hei1 gan1zi0 di3 dou4you2.] “看 不 出來。” |
| 149 |
o5ce81 |
黑青 |
Be bruised so that the skin becomes dark and green. |
[hei1qing1] “淤血。” |
| 176 |
chu4bha1 |
鼠目 |
Mouse eyed. With very limited eyesight. |
[shu3mu4] “一千五百度。” |
| 142 |
len4deng4 |
輪轉 |
Be fluent in a language. |
[lun2zhuan3] “流利。” |
| 9 |
gu1 qio4 bi5 bhe5bhui4 |
龜 笑 鱉 無尾 |
Tapestry-shell turtle laughs at the smooth-shell turtle that it has no tail. When A laughs at B for the trait that A himself possesses, C as a witness will laugh at A to mean "half pound of one and eight ounces of the other." Or B can also fire back at A by using this expression. |
[gui1 xiao4 bie1 wu2wei3] “五十步 笑 百步。” |
| 67 |
bhu6 sa4ha6 |
霧 颯颯 |
Messy in appearance or condition so that there is no way to see what's going on. |
[wu4 sa4sa4] “亂七八糟”， “毫無 條理 可循。” |
| 39 |
qia4 be5be3 |
赤 爸爸 |
Shrewish. Same as san5ba5. |
[chi4 ba4ba0] “與 ‘三八’ 同意。” |
| 118 |
ki1mo1 bhuai4 |
起毛 壞 |
In a bad mood. |
[qi3mao2 huai4] “情緒 不好”， “心情 不好。” 【“起毛” 原來 是 日文 “氣持” 的發音。 】 |
| 179 |
do6zai3 to1to4 bhe1 chua6bho4, do6zai3 qim5qim1 bhe1 de1 gim1 |
肚臍 凸凸 要 娶婦，肚臍 深深 要 置 金 |
Protruding navel wants to marry a wife; deep navel wants to stash gold. Another poem-like rhyming stuff invented for kids. |
[du4qi2 tu1tu1 yao4 qu3fu4, du4qi2 shen1shen1 yao4 zhi4 jin1] |