揜尾

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	tail
simp. and trad. (揜尾)		揜	尾
alternative forms		挹尾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iap-bé / iap-bér / iap-bóe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bé
    • Tâi-lô: iap-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iapbea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bér
    • Tâi-lô: iap-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: iap-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iapboea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚³²⁻⁵ bue⁵³/

Verb

揜尾

1. (Hokkien) to put the tail between legs (especially of a dog)

Derived terms

• 揜尾狗