古錐

See also: 古锥

Chinese

		ancient; old	awl; to bore
trad. (古錐)		古	錐
simp. (古锥)		古	锥
alternative forms		古椎 婟婎

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chui

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chui
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/

Adjective

古錐

1. (Southern Min) cute, adorable

   • 六月茉莉真正美，郎君生做真古錐。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     六月茉莉真正美，郎君生做真古锥。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 許丙丁《六月茉莉》

     La̍k-goe̍h ba̍k-nī chin-chiàⁿ súi, lông-kun seⁿ chò chin kó͘-chui. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可愛 (“adorable; lovable; cute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可愛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	可疼, 可人疼, 可愛
	Taiwan	可愛
	Singapore	可愛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡人, 喜人
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	心疼, 得人愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	愛人, 逗人愛, 乖
	Wuhan	逗人疼, 逗人喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	討喜
	Hefei	心疼人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得人愛, 得人中意, 得意
	Hong Kong	得意
	Taishan	得意
	Yangjiang	得人愛
Gan	Nanchang	討人喜歡
Hakka	Meixian	得人惜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得人惜, 卡哇伊
Jin	Taiyuan	粘人, 惜人, 親, 奇特
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好惜, 得人怒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	好疼
Southern Min	Xiamen	得儂疼, 古錐, 古傑
	Quanzhou	得儂疼, 古錐
	Zhangzhou	得儂疼, 得儂惜, 古錐
	Tainan	得儂疼, 得儂惜, 古錐
	Penang (Hokkien)	趣味
	Singapore (Hokkien)	古錐
	Manila (Hokkien)	古錐, 得儂疼
	Datian	得儂惜
	Chaozhou	好惜
	Shantou	好惜, 得儂惜, 可愛
	Jieyang	好惜
	Puning	好惜, 趣味, 可愛
Wu	Suzhou	討人喜歡
	Wenzhou	有趣, 有趣相
Xiang	Changsha	逗人愛, 帶愛相, 愛人
	Shuangfeng	帶愛相, 乖

References

• “Entry #1621”, 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.
• “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.