哭爸哭母

Chinese

		to complain; Oh, shit!	to cry; to weep	female; mother
simp. and trad. (哭爸哭母)		哭爸	哭	母
alternative forms		靠北靠母 Mandarin based respelling KPKB Malaysia and Singapore

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khàu-pē-khàu-bú / khàu-pě-khàu-bú / khàu-pē-khàu-bó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ bê⁶ kao³ bho²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pē-khàu-bú
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pē-khàu-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qao'pexqao'buo
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴² pe²²⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁴² bu⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pe²²⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³⁻¹¹ kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pě-khàu-bú
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pě-khàu-bú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe²² kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pe³³⁻²² kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pē-khàu-bó
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pē-khàu-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qao'pexqao'boir
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pe³³⁻¹¹ kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pe³³⁻²¹ kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao³ bê⁶ kao³ bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu pĕ khàu bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pe³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

哭爸哭母

1. (Hokkien, Teochew, vulgar) to be full of complaints; to complain to high heaven; to complain bitterly

Synonyms

• 叫苦連天／叫苦连天 (jiàokǔliántiān)
• 呼天搶地／呼天抢地 (hūtiānqiāngdì)
• (Hokkien) 哭死哭活, 哀爸叫母