拆腿

Chinese

		to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	leg
trad. (拆腿)		拆	腿
simp. #(拆腿)		拆	腿

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiah-thúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-thúi
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-thuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiahtuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰia(ʔ)⁵ tʰui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰui⁴¹/

Verb

拆腿

1. (Southern Min) 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