老瓜宿蒂

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	stem (of fruit)
trad. (老瓜宿蒂)		老	瓜	宿	蒂
simp. ^#(老瓜宿蒂)		老	瓜	宿	蒂
Literally: “old melon has a mature stem”.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-koe-sek-tì / lǎu-koe-siak-tì / lāu-koa-sek-tì

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-koe-sek-tì
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-kue-sik-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxkoesekdix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ kue⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ti²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-koe-siak-tì
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-kue-siak-tì
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² kue³³ ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-koa-sek-tì
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-kua-sik-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxkoasekdix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ kua⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ti²¹/

Idiom

老瓜宿蒂

(Hokkien) experienced and astute; circumspect and far-seeing; scheming and calculating

Synonyms

老謀深算／老谋深算 (lǎomóushēnsuàn)
(Hokkien) 老瓜宿子

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