Chinese More information bad; wicked; evil, copper ... bad; wicked; evil copper old (opposite of new); former tin trad. (歹銅舊錫) 歹 銅 舊 錫 simp. (歹铜旧锡) 歹 铜 旧 锡 alternative forms 否銅舊錫／否铜旧锡痞銅舊錫／痞铜旧锡 Close Pronunciation Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah / phái-tâng-kū-siah Southern Min (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah Tâi-lô: pháinn-tâng-kū-siah Phofsit Daibuun: phvay'dangkuxsiaq IPA (Lukang): /pʰãi⁵⁵⁻³⁵ taŋ²⁴ ku³¹⁻²² siaʔ⁵/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²³ ku³³⁻²¹ siaʔ³²/ IPA (Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²⁴ ku³³⁻¹¹ siaʔ³²/ (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái-tâng-kū-siah Tâi-lô: phái-tâng-kū-siah Phofsit Daibuun: phay'dangkuxsiaq IPA (Yilan): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ²⁴ ku³³⁻²¹ siaʔ²/ IPA (Kinmen): /pʰai⁵³⁻²⁴ taŋ²⁴ ku²²⁻¹² siaʔ³²/ IPA (Tainan): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ²⁴ ku³³⁻¹¹ siaʔ³²/ IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²⁴ ku²²⁻²¹ siaʔ³²/ Noun 歹銅舊錫 (Hokkien, idiomatic) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects 2013, “糞埽人”, 謝銘祐 [Hsieh Ming-yu], 陳建瑋 [Jacky Chen] (lyrics), 陳建瑋 [Jacky Chen] (music)performed by 陳建瑋 [Jacky Chen]: 歹銅舊錫糞埽緊來抨 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]歹铜旧锡粪埽紧来抨 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah pùn-sò kín lâi piàⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]Come and clean up the metal scraps and trash 2016, “阿公的老吉他”, 竹間也 (lyrics), 黃俊銘 (music)performed by 羅時豐 [Luo Shih-feng]: 阮兜的這支老吉他看起來若親像是歹銅舊錫 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]阮兜的这支老吉他看起来若亲像是歹铜旧锡 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]gún tau ê chit ki lāu gì-tà khòaⁿ--khí-lâi ná-chhin-chhiūⁿ sī pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]This guitar in my home looks like metal scraps Synonyms More information Variety, Location ... Variety Location Words edit Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 廢銅爛鐵, 破銅爛鐵 Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 破銅爛鐵 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 破銅爛鐵 Cantonese Guangzhou 爛銅爛鐵 Hong Kong 爛銅爛鐵 Gan Nanchang 破銅爛鐵 Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 破銅爛鐵 Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 壞銅壞鐵 Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 壞銅壞鐵 Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 破銅壞鐵 Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 壞銅壞鐵 Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 壞銅鐵 Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 壞銅壞鐵, 壞銅舊錫 Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 壞銅壞鐵 Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 壞銅壞鐵 Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 壞銅壞鐵 Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 壞銅壞鐵 Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 壞銅壞鐵 Southern Min Xiamen 歹銅舊錫, 臭銅爛鐵 Zhao'an 破銅爛鐵 Taipei 歹銅舊錫 New Taipei (Tamsui) 歹銅舊錫 New Taipei (Sanxia) 歹銅舊錫 New Taipei (Pingxi) 歹銅舊錫 Kaohsiung 歹銅舊錫 Kaohsiung (Cijin) 歹銅舊錫 Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 歹銅舊錫 Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 歹銅舊錫 Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 歹銅舊錫 Yilan 歹銅舊錫 Yilan (Luodong) 歹銅舊錫 Yilan (Toucheng) 歹銅舊錫 Changhua (Lukang) 歹銅舊錫 Changhua (Yongjing) 歹銅害鐵, 歹銅舊錫 Taichung 歹銅舊錫 Tainan 歹銅舊錫 Tainan (Anping) 歹銅舊錫 Hsinchu 歹銅舊錫 Kinmen 歹銅舊錫 Penghu (Magong) 歹銅舊錫 Penghu (Xiyu) 歹銅舊錫 Wu Shanghai 破銅爛鐵, 廢銅爛鐵 Hangzhou 廢銅爛鐵 Close Dialectal synonyms of 廢銅爛鐵 (“metal scrap”) [map] References “歹銅舊錫”, 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.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.