沓滴

Chinese

		again and again; many	a drop; to drip
simp. and trad. (沓滴)		沓	滴

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tap-tih / tiap-tih

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tap-tih
    • Tâi-lô: tap-tih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dapdiq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tap̚³²⁻⁴ tiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiap-tih
    • Tâi-lô: tiap-tih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diapdiq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiap̚³²⁻⁵ tiʔ³²/

Adjective

沓滴

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) a little; a bit
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) trivial and jumbled up; trifling and disorderly

Verb

沓滴

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to look for trouble; to meddle with things

Synonyms

• 伸手 (shēnshǒu) (figurative)
• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 干涉 (gānshè)
• 干預 (gānyù)
• 插手 (chāshǒu)
• 插跤 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 過問／过问 (guòwèn)
• 鬥插／斗插 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鬥插手／斗插手 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)