跛跤跛手

Chinese

		lame; crippled; a lame person	lame; crippled	hand
simp. and trad. (跛跤跛手)		跛跤	跛	手

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pái-kha-pái-chhiú / páiⁿ-kha-páiⁿ-chhiú

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pái-kha-pái-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: pái-kha-pái-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pay'qa'paychiuo
    • IPA (Penang): /pai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kʰa³³⁻²¹ pai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ pai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pai⁵³⁻²⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa³³ pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: páiⁿ-kha-páiⁿ-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: páinn-kha-páinn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvay'qa'pvaychiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Adjective

跛跤跛手

1. (Singapore Hokkien) lame; crippled; especially in the context of being medically unfit to perform work or military duties.

References

• “Entry #9131”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.