庄跤

Chinese

		farm; village	bones of leg; wrestle
trad. (庄跤/莊跤)		庄/莊	跤
simp. (庄跤)		庄	跤
alternative forms		庄骹 庄腳 莊腳／庄脚

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chng-kha

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-kha
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngqaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/

Noun

庄跤 (Hokkien)

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien, dated in Xiamen Hokkien) countryside; rural area; village
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, gambling) player

Synonyms

• (countryside):

• 四鄉／四乡 (sìxiāng) (countryside around a town)
• 山野 (shānyě) (figurative)
• 村野 (cūnyě)
• 田園／田园 (tiányuán)
• 田舍 (tiánshè) (literary)
• 田野 (tiányě)
• 田間／田间 (tiánjiān)
• 草地 (cao² di⁷) (Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary)
• 莊下／庄下 (Hakka)
• 農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
• 郊野 (jiāoyě)
• 鄉下／乡下
• 鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
• 鄉社／乡社 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鄉裡／乡里 (xian¹ li) (Xiang)
• 鄉間／乡间 (xiāngjiān) (in the countryside)
• 野外 (yěwài)