食蛇

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (食蛇)		食	蛇
Literally: “to eat snake”.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-chôa

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chôa
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsuâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzoaa
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ t͡sua²³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sua²⁴/

Verb

食蛇

(Malaysia and Singapore Min Nan) to slack off; to play hooky; to take off from work

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