劈叉

Chinese

		split in two; divide; hack split in two; divide; hack; chop; split open	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
simp. and trad. (劈叉)		劈	叉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐchà, pīchā, pǐchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄔㄚˋ, ㄆㄧ ㄔㄚ, ㄆㄧˇ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ caa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland China)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐchà
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐchà
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³-chʻa⁴
    • Yale: pǐ-chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piichah
    • Palladius: пича (piča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: picha
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: pī-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: picha
    • Palladius: пича (piča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐcha
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³-chʻa¹
    • Yale: pǐ-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piicha
    • Palladius: пича (piča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ caa¹
    • Yale: pīk chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ tsaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

Verb

劈叉

1. to do the splits

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 劈腿 (“to perform the splits”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		劈腿, 劈叉
Mandarin	Taiwan	劈腿
	Yantai (Muping)	劈叉兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	做一字馬
Jin	Taiyuan	劈叉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	坐一字
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆腿
	Quanzhou	拆腿
	Zhangzhou	拆腿
	Tainan	拆腿