撇桑

Chinese

		good-looking; fashionable; smart good-looking; fashionable; smart; charming	phonetic
trad. (撇桑)		撇	桑
simp. #(撇桑)		撇	桑
alternative forms		丿送 皿送 撇樣／撇样

Etymology

From 撇 (phiat, “good-looking; fashionable; smart; charming”) + Japanese さん (san).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiat-sàng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiat-sàng
    • Tâi-lô: phiat-sàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiatsaxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ saŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ saŋ¹¹/

Adjective

撇桑

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) charming; handsome; confident; fashionable
   • 1934, 林九, editor, 專勸少年好子新歌‎^[1], Taichung: 瑞成書局:

     勅桃妓女想丿送　包允狀元中頭帮 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     勅桃妓女想丿送　包允状元中头帮 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     thit-thô ki-lú siūⁿ phiat-sàng, pau-ún chiōng-goân tèng thâu-pang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1936, 新編掍𫔘掍歌 上本‎^[2], Chiayi: 捷發漢書部:

     宣石手指上皿送　阿君開錢上大空 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     宣石手指上皿送　阿君开钱上大空 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     soān-chio̍h chhiú-chí siōng phiat-sàng, a-kun khai-chîⁿ siōng tōa-khang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Diamond rings are the most fashionable, husband, you are the most generous in your spending

   • 1960, 台南運河奇案歌‎^[3], Hsinchu: 竹林印書局:

     金快大漢眞丿送　拜託共阮做媒人 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     金快大汉真丿送　拜托共阮做媒人 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Kim-khoài tōa-hàn chin phiat-sàng, pài-thok kā goán chòe hm̂-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Kim-khoài is tall and handsome; please be my matchmaker.

   • 1964, “茶山相褒”‎^[4]performed by 吳晉淮 and 張淑美:

     中央彼一個恰丿送　真正歹目愛看人 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     中央彼一个恰丿送　真正歹目爱看人 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     tèng-ng hit chi̍t ê khah phiat-sàng, chin-chiàⁿ pháiⁿ-ba̍k ài khòaⁿ lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     That one in the middle is rather charming; my eyes are roving, wanting to see the person

   • 1967, “無尪未輕鬆”, 谷煙 (lyrics), 山本丈晴 [Takeharu Yamamoto] (music), performed by 方瑞娥 [Coco Fang]:

     若無緊交緣投撇桑　阮嘛無希望 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     若无紧交缘投撇桑　阮嘛无希望 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     nā bô kín kau iân-tâu phiat-sàng, gún mā bô hi-bāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     If I don't quickly date a handsome or charming [man], there is no hope for me.

   • 1987, “嗄也通”‎^[5]performed by 李旻:

     你做人真撇桑　引阮心茫茫 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     lí chòe-lâng chin phiat-sàng, ín gún sim bâng-bâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2000 February 9, 洪秋當, “菜瓜歌”, in 施福珍, 邱曉蘋, 游雅玲, editors, 《彰化縣民間文學集 15》, pages 184–185; quoted in 洪淑苓 [Shu-Ling Horng], “臺灣民間歌謠中的「媳婦」論述 [The Discourse of ‘Wife & Daughter-in-Law’ in Taiwanese Folk Songs]”, in 《臺灣文學研究集刊》 [NTU Studies in Taiwan Literature]‎^[6], number 4, 2007 November, →ISSN, page 104:

     別人的阿君（仔）真撇桑／咱厝阿君（仔）不成人／乎我暝日地怨嘆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     别人的阿君（仔）真撇桑／咱厝阿君（仔）不成人／乎我暝日地怨叹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     pa̍t-lâng ê a-kun (á) chin phiat-sàng / lán chhù a-kun (á) m̄-chiâⁿ-lâng / hō͘ góa mê-ji̍t teh oàn-thàn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Other people's husbands are so charming, our family's husband is unbearable, making me complain night and day

Related terms

• 飄撇／飘撇

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “丿送”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[7] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC