咧斗

Chinese edit

		draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
trad. (咧斗)		咧	斗
simp. ^#(咧斗)		咧	斗

Pronunciation edit

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): leh-táu / leeh-táu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leh-táu
  - Tâi-lô: leh-táu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lehdao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leeh-táu
  - Tâi-lô: leeh-táu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tau⁵³/

Adjective edit

咧斗

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) interesting; absorbing; engaging
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) brilliant; splendid

Synonyms edit

(interesting):

扎勁 (⁷tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
有味 (yǒuwèi)
有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
有趣 (yǒuqù)
生趣 (Hakka)
趣味 (chhù-bī) (Hokkien, Teochew)
逗 (dòu)

(brilliant):

不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異／特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)