燙手山芋

See also: 烫手山芋

Chinese

		to scald one's hand; hot to touch	sweet potato
trad. (燙手山芋)		燙手	山芋
simp. (烫手山芋)		烫手	山芋

Etymology

Calque of English hot potato.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàngshǒu shānyù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄢㄩˋ
Min Nan (POJ): thǹg-chhiú-soaⁿ-ō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàngshǒu shānyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄢㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanqshoou shanyiw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǹg-chhiú-soaⁿ-ō͘
  - Tâi-lô: thǹg-tshiú-suann-ōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tngrchiwsvoa'o
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suã³³ ɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ³³/

Idiom

燙手山芋

hot potato (awkward or delicate problem)

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