# 歹銅舊錫
## Chinese

| | | bad; wicked; evil | copper | old (opposite of new); former | tin |
| trad. (歹銅舊錫) | trad. (歹銅舊錫) | 歹 | 銅 | 舊 | 錫 |
| simp. (歹铜旧锡) | simp. (歹铜旧锡) | 歹 | 铜 | 旧 | 锡 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 否銅舊錫／否铜旧锡 痞銅舊錫／痞铜旧锡 | 否銅舊錫／否铜旧锡 痞銅舊錫／痞铜旧锡 | 否銅舊錫／否铜旧锡 痞銅舊錫／痞铜旧锡 | 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
* 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]:
       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]:
       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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 爛銅爛鐵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 破銅爛鐵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 破銅爛鐵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 破銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 壞銅鐵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 壞銅壞鐵, 壞銅舊錫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 壞銅壞鐵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹銅舊錫, 臭銅爛鐵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 破銅爛鐵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 歹銅害鐵, 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 歹銅舊錫 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 破銅爛鐵, 廢銅爛鐵 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 廢銅爛鐵 |

### References

* “Entry #1150”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.