擤鼻

Chinese

Etymology 1

		blow nose	nose
simp. and trad. (擤鼻)		擤	鼻
alternative forms		呻鼻 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang³ bei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sngh-phīⁿ / sn̍gh-phī / sngh-phī

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang³ bei⁶
    • Yale: sang beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang³ bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng³ béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ³³ pei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sngh-phīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sngh-phīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: snghphvi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pʰĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sn̍gh-phī
    • Tâi-lô: sn̍gh-phī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngqphi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sngh-phī
    • Tâi-lô: sngh-phī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: snghphi
    • IPA (Philippines): /sŋ̍(ʔ)⁵ pʰi⁴¹/

Verb

擤⫽鼻 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Philippine Hokkien) to blow one's nose
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to sniff one's nose

Synonyms

• (to blow one's nose): (Hokkien) 沖鼻／冲鼻, 散鼻
• (to sniff one's nose): (Hokkien) 嗆鼻／呛鼻

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 擤鼻 – see 沖鼻 (“to blow one's nose while pinching it”). (This term is a variant form of 沖鼻).