爆穎

Chinese

		to crack; to explode or burst	clever; gifted
trad. (爆穎)		爆	穎
simp. (爆颖)		爆	颖
alternative forms		爆引 暴穎／暴颖 暴芽

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pok-íⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok-íⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pok-ínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pok'vie
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ĩ⁴¹/

Verb

爆穎

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to germinate; to sprout; to bud

Synonyms

• 出息 (Hakka)
• 出芽 (chūyá)
• 出苗 (chūmiáo)
• 出青 (Hokkien)
• 必目 (Hakka)
• 必筍／必笋 (Hakka)
• 抽筍／抽笋 (Hakka)
• 抽芽 (chōuyá)
• 暴穎／暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 暴筍／暴笋 (Hakka)
• 暴芽 (Hokkien)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 爆芽 (bau⁴ nga⁴) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 生筍／生笋 (Hakka)
• 生芽 (Hakka)
• 發穎／发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發芽／发芽 (fāyá)
• 綻筍／绽笋 (Hakka)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
• 萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
• 萌芽 (méngyá)
• 露苗 (lòumiáo)

 

References

• “Entry #11176”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.