歹銅舊錫

Chinese

		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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pháiⁿ-tâng-kū-siah / phái-tâng-kū-siah

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• 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

1. (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

Dialectal synonyms of 廢銅爛鐵 (“metal scrap”) [map]

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

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.