乾爭爭

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	struggle; fight	struggle; fight
trad. (乾爭爭)		乾	爭	爭
simp. (干争争)		干	争	争
alternative forms		乾噌噌／干噌噌 乾朾朾／干朾朾

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ zang¹ zang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ zang¹ zang¹
    • Yale: gōn jāng jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ dzang¹ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ zeng¹ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

乾爭爭

1. (Cantonese, ideophonic) very dry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾巴巴 (“(expressive) dry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾巴巴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	乾巴巴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	乾巴巴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	乾吱吱
	Guiyang	乾悄悄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乾爭爭, 乾繃繃, 乾鯁鯁 of food
	Hong Kong	乾爭爭, 乾鯁鯁 of food
Hakka	Meixian	乾業業, 乾牛牛, 燥業業, 燥藞藞
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乾焦焦, 乾乾焦
Southern Min	Xiamen	焦布布, 焦涸涸, 焦瘼瘼
	Tainan	焦涸涸
	Shantou	乾巴巴
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	乾誇誇
	Danyang	乾卜卜
	Ningbo	乾剝剝