抾金

Chinese

			metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (抾金)		抾	金
alternative forms		拾金

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khioh-kim

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khioh-kim
    • Tâi-lô: khioh-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioihkym
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kim⁴⁴/

Verb

抾金

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 撿骨 (“to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		撿骨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	撿金
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	起骨
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	撿金
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	撿骨
Cantonese	Hong Kong	執骨
Gan	Pingxiang	撿金
Hakka	Yudu	撿金
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起骨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	起骨, 撿骨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	起骨, 撿骨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	起骨, 撿骨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	起骨, 撿骨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	撿骨
Southern Min	Xiamen	抾骨頭, 抾金
	Quanzhou	抾骨頭
	Zhangzhou	抾骨頭
	Tainan	抾骨 GT, 抾金 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	抾骨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	執骨