拍拚

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	stake all; disregard; reject
simp. and trad. (拍拚)		拍	拚
alternative forms		拍拼 拍摒 撲併／扑并 打拼 打拚 拍拼 拍摒 撲併／扑并 打拼 打拚 扑拼 扑拚 打傾／打倾 發奮／发奋

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phah-piàⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pah⁴ bian³

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-piàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phah-piànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahpviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ piã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pah⁴ bian³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phah piàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ pĩã²¹³/

Verb

拍拚

1. (Southern Min) to work diligently; to strive; to work hard

   • 透早到晚真打拼 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1998, 山頂黑狗兄, Harlem Yu (庾澄慶)

     thàu chá kàu mńg chin phah-piàⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Truly working hard from dawn to dusk

2. (Hokkien, archaic) to fight for life or death; to risk it all on one venture (as in battle, feud, or trade, which if lost, all is ruined)

Synonyms

• 一力 (yīlì)
• 下力 (xiàlì)
• 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
• 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
• 儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
• 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
• 出力 (chūlì)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
• 力求 (lìqiú)
• 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
• 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勉力 (miǎnlì)
• 呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
• 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
• 打拼 (dǎpīn)
• 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 拼搏 (pīnbó)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攢勁／攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
• 極力／极力 (jílì)
• 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
• 用力 (yònglì)
• 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
• 竭力 (jiélì)
• 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
• 落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
• 賣力／卖力 (màilì)
• 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)

 

Derived terms

• 大拍拚
• 得人疼，較好拍拚／得人疼，较好拍拚
• 拍拚注
• 拍拚藥／拍拚药

 

See also

• 骨力 (kut-la̍t)

References

• “Entry #4035”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “打傾”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 572
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “phah-piàⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 370; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 370