輸甲褪褲

Chinese

		to transport; to lose	to; until; to the extent	to take off trousers
trad. (輸甲褪褲)		輸	甲	褪褲
simp. (输甲褪裤)		输	甲	褪裤

Etymology

褪褲／褪裤 is a near-homophonic pun of 當褲 (tǹg-khò͘, “pawn your [under]pants”) (so as to pay debt), describing an exaggerated situation when suffering tremendous losses in gambling because there is nothing more to lose.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su kah thǹg-khò͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su kah thǹg-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: su kah thǹg-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw kaq tngrqox
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ²¹/

Idiom

輸甲褪褲

1. (Southern Min) to suffer tremendous losses

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 輸到脫褲／输到脱裤 (shū dào tuōkù)
• (Cantonese) 輸到甩褲／输到甩裤

References

• “輸到脫褲”, in 臺灣話的語源與理據 [Etymologies and Evidences of Taiwanese Hokkien] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Liu Chien-Jen, 16 November 2011.