樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱

Chinese
top of a tree; branches of a tree; root to give; I
 
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 tip of a tree; treetop
trad. (樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱) 樹頭 徛 予 在 ， 毋驚 樹尾 做風颱
simp. (树头徛予在，毋惊树尾做风台) 树头 徛 予 在 ， 毋惊 树尾 做风台

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (POJ): chhiū-thâu khiā hō͘ chāi, m̄ kiaⁿ chhiū-bóe chò-hong-thai
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiū-thâu khiā hō͘ chāi, m̄ kiaⁿ chhiū-bóe chò-hong-thai
      • Tâi-lô: tshiū-thâu khiā hōo tsāi, m̄ kiann tshiū-bué tsò-hong-thai
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰia²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡saɪ²² m̩²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴¹ m̩⁴¹⁻²² kiã³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻²² bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ³³ tʰaɪ³³/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² kʰia²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡saɪ²² m̩²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰia³³⁻¹¹ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ³³ m̩³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻¹¹ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ kʰia³³⁻²¹ hɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡saɪ³³ m̩³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻²¹ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaɪ⁴⁴/

Idiom

樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱

  1. (Min Nan, figuratively) a solid foundation is important
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