不答不霎
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Chinese[edit]
| not; no | reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree |
not; no | all of a sudden; drizzle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不答不霎) | 不 | 答 | 不 | 霎 | |
| simp. #(不答不霎) | 不 | 答 | 不 | 霎 | |
| alternative forms | 不八不霎 | ||||
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from 不八不七.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lap-put-sap
- Tâi-lô: put-lap-put-sap
- Phofsit Daibuun: putlapputsab
- IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lap̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ sap̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Adjective[edit]
不答不霎
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) unpresentable; in no shape to be seen; neither fish nor fowl