欲汰

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to discard; to eliminate; too
simp. and trad. (欲汰)		欲	汰
alternative forms		要汰

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-thài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-thài
    • Tâi-lô: beh-thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: behtaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰai²¹/

Adverb

欲汰

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, used in rhetorical questions) how could (one possibly); how is (it possible)

Synonyms

• 哪能 (nǎnéng)
• 安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
• 怎能 (zěnnéng)
• 抑會使／抑会使 (Hokkien)
• 抑通 (Hokkien)
• 欲汰討／欲汰讨 (Hokkien)
• 甲通 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 豈可／岂可 (qǐkě) (literary)
• 豈能／岂能 (qǐnéng) (literary)