龜毛

See also: 龟毛

Chinese

	tortoise; turtle	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (龜毛)	龜	毛
simp. (龟毛)	龟	毛
Literally: “turtle hair”.

Etymology

The adjective sense is originally Min Nan. It is possibly a reference to 龜毛兔角／龟毛兔角 ("an impossibility", literally "turtle fur and rabbit horns"), a Buddhist metaphor that describes hollow logic.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guīmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄇㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ mou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ku-mo͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guīmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gueimáo
  - Wade–Giles: kuei¹-mao²
  - Yale: gwēi-máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueimau
  - Palladius: гуймао (gujmao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹ mou⁴
  - Yale: gwāi mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-mo͘
  - Tâi-lô: ku-moo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kumof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ mɔ̃³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

龜毛

male pubic hair

Synonyms

(vulgar) 雞巴毛／鸡巴毛 (jībamáo)
(Cantonese) 鳩毛／鸠毛
(Min Nan) 𡳞蔓

Adjective

龜毛

(Min Nan, Taiwanese Mandarin, of someone's personality) picky; indecisive; high-maintenance (describes somebody with unreasonable expectations)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 龜毛

二七八
厚屎尿
厚沙屑
膣屄
交繃／交绷
厚詼諧／厚诙谐
唸潲拍嘓／念潲拍啯
實膜／实膜

愛計較／爱计较
貓毛／猫毛
貓神／猫神
蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
較要求／较要求
韌鼻／韧鼻
龜毛神／龟毛神
龜祟／龟祟

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #12128”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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