沬泅

Chinese

		dawn; place name	submerge; swim under water
simp. and trad. (沬泅)		沬	泅

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-siû

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-siû
    • Tâi-lô: bī-siû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixsiuu
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /bi⁴¹⁻²² siu²⁴/

Verb

沬泅

1. (Jinjiang Hokkien) to swim underwater

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 潛泳 (“to swim underwater”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		潛泳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	暗溜兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	打沕子, 扎猛子, 打沕頭, 栽沕子
	Liuzhou	打沕子, 扎猛子
Hakka	Yudu	打沕子
Southern Min	Xiamen (Tong'an)	沬水泅
	Quanzhou	沬頭泅
	Jinjiang	沬泅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打沕子, 打沕利子
Wu	Hangzhou	打沒頭拱