捉猴

Chinese

		to clutch; to grab; to capture	monkey
trad. (捉猴)		捉	猴
simp. #(捉猴)		捉	猴

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-hèu

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-hèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog` heuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ heu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² heu̯¹¹/

Verb

捉猴

1. (Hakka) to catch adulterers in the act

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 捉姦 (“to catch adulterers in the act”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉姦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	捉姦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉黃腳雞, 捉雞腳
	Hong Kong	捉姦, 捉黃腳雞
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捉猴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捉猴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捉猴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捉猴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捉猴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捉猴
Southern Min	Xiamen	掠猴
	Quanzhou	掠猴
	Zhangzhou	掠猴
	Tainan	掠猴