三除四扣
Chinese
| three | remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except |
four | 10 percent; button; detain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (三除四扣) |
三 | 除 | 四 | 扣 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-tû-sì-khàu
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tû-sì-khàu
- Tâi-lô: sann-tû-sì-khàu
- Phofsit Daibuun: sva'dusie'qaux
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²³ si²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰau²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²⁴ si¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰau¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
三除四扣
- (Hokkien, of prices, wages, etc.) to continuously reduce until little is left
Synonyms
- 七折八扣
- 七除八扣 (qīchú-bākòu)
References
- “三除四扣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.