徛騰

Chinese

			to soar; to gallop; to rise to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out
trad. (徛騰)		徛	騰
simp. (徛腾)		徛	腾
alternative forms		竪騰／竖腾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiā-thêng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiā-thêng
    • Tâi-lô: khiā-thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxteeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰia²²⁻²¹ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰia³³⁻²¹ tʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰia³³⁻¹¹ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

徛騰

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to stand on one's hands; to do a handstand
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, of one's pocket) to be absolutely empty

Synonyms

• (to stand on one's hands):

Dialectal synonyms of 倒立 (“to do a handstand; to stand upside down”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		倒立, 拿大頂, 拿頂
Mandarin	Taiwan	倒立
Cantonese	Guangzhou	倒豎蔥, 倒掟頭
	Hong Kong	倒豎蔥, 倒立
Hakka	Meixian	𤊶翻企, 𤊶倒企, 縱直竹
Southern Min	Xiamen	徛飛魚, 倒栽
	Quanzhou	徛飛魚
	Zhangzhou	徛騰
	Tainan	倒栽, 倒頭徛
	Shantou	顛倒徛, 顛倒頭
Wu	Shanghai	丁倒立, 豎蜻蜓, 豎煙囪
	Shanghai (Jiading)	頂倒裡立, 豎蜻蜓, 頂倒爬

• (to be absolutely empty): 空空如也 (kōngkōngrúyě); (Hokkien) 徛飛魚／徛飞鱼