起機

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (起機)		起	機
simp. (起机)		起	机

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² gei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² gei¹
    • Yale: héi gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

起⫽機 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, of aircraft) to takeoff
2. (Cantonese, colloquial) to have an erection
3. (Cantonese, aeroplane chess) to move a piece from the start tile

Synonyms

• (to takeoff): 起飛／起飞 (qǐfēi)
• (to have an erection):

Dialectal synonyms of 勃起 (“to have an erection”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		勃起
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	勃起
	Malaysia	硬
	Singapore	硬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雄起
Cantonese	Hong Kong	扯旗, 扯, 起機, 偷柴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起磅
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	硬起來
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	硬
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𫞻起來
Jin	Xinzhou	起陽兒
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	起雞
	Zhao'an	翹
	Kaohsiung	起磅
	Haifeng	拍飛機