好鼻獅

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	nose	lion
trad. (好鼻獅)		好	鼻	獅
simp. (好鼻狮)		好	鼻	狮
alternative forms		虎鼻獅／虎鼻狮

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-phīⁿ-sai / hó-phī-sai / hó͘-phīⁿ-sai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-phīⁿ-sai
    • Tâi-lô: hó-phīnn-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoyphvixsay
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-phī-sai
    • Tâi-lô: hó-phī-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoyphixsay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰi⁴¹⁻²² sai³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-phīⁿ-sai
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-phīnn-sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofphvixsay
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ sai⁴⁴/

Noun

好鼻獅

1. (Hokkien) someone with an acute sense of smell

Synonyms

• (Leizhou Min) 鼻槍筒／鼻枪筒

References

• “好鼻獅”, 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.