覷懵

Chinese

		to spy; watch for	stupid
trad. (覷懵)		覷	懵
simp. (觑懵)		觑	懵

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-báng / chhír-báng / chhuh-báng / chhú-báng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-báng
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-báng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'barng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ baŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhír-báng
    • Tâi-lô: tshír-báng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ baŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhuh-báng
    • Tâi-lô: tshuh-báng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuhbarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ baŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-báng
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-báng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw'barng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ baŋ⁵³/

Adjective

覷懵

1. (Hokkien) myopic; near-sighted; short-sighted
2. (figurative) short-sighted; lacking foresight

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 近視 (“myopic; near-sighted; short-sighted”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		近視, 短視
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	近視
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	近光
	Liuzhou	瞇趨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	近視
	Hong Kong	近視
Hakka	Meixian	近視
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	近視
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	近視
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	近視
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	近視
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	近視
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	近視
Huizhou	Jixi	近視
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	近視
Southern Min	Xiamen	覷懵, 覷目
	Quanzhou	覷懵, 覷目
	Zhangzhou	覷懵, 覷目, 覷睛
	Penang (Hokkien)	近視
	Shantou	近覷
	Shantou (Chenghai)	近覷
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	近覷
	Haikou	近見
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	近視
Wu	Jinhua	近刺, 近視
Xiang	Changsha	𥉻

Verb

覷懵

1. (Hokkien) to squint like seeing something blurred with nearsightedness