chhiăn-pá-lah
Hokkien edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese ちゃんばら (chanbara).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiăn-pá-lah
- Tâi-lô: tshia̋n-pá-lah
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn³⁵ pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn³⁵ pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laʔ³²/
Noun edit
chhiăn-pá-lah
- (Taiwan) swordplay, swordfight