剺揭話

Chinese

		witty and clever with slight indecency	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (剺揭話)		剺揭	話
simp. (剺揭话)		剺揭	话
alternative forms		褫揭話／褫揭话 戾恝話／戾恝话 戾揭話／戾揭话 (lih-khiat-ōe)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lì-khiat-ōe / lih-khiat-ōe / lì-khiat-ōa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lì-khiat-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: lì-khiat-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie'qiat'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lih-khiat-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: lih-khiat-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lihqiat'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li(ʔ)⁵ kʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lì-khiat-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: lì-khiat-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie'qiat'oa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ ua²²/

Note:

• Xiamen:
  • lih-khiat-ōe - “witty remark”;
  • lì-khiat-ōe - “witty remark; xiehouyu”.

Noun

剺揭話

1. (Hokkien) wisecrack; witticism; witty remark
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) xiehouyu

Synonyms

• (witty remark): 俏皮話／俏皮话 (qiàopihuà); (Hokkien) 激骨話／激骨话, 剺揭話／剺揭话

Dialectal synonyms of 歇後語 (“xiehouyu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		歇後語, 俏皮話
Mandarin	Beijing	歇後語兒
	Taiwan	歇後語
	Singapore	歇後語
Cantonese	Guangzhou	歇後語, 背語
	Hong Kong	歇後語
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	師傅話, 功夫話, 太監話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	師傅話, 功夫話, 太監話
Southern Min	Xiamen	剺揭話
	Quanzhou	剺揭話
	Zhangzhou	剺揭話
	Taipei	孽譎仔話 GT
	Tainan	孽譎話
	Chaozhou	歇後語
	Jieyang	歇後語
	Singapore (Teochew)	歇後語
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)