矸轆

See also: 矸辘

Chinese

		bottle	windlass
trad. (矸轆)		矸	轆
simp. (矸辘)		矸	辘
alternative forms		干樂 干轆 陀螺

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-lo̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kan-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanlok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /kan³³ lɔk̚³⁵/
    • IPA (Yilan): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/

Noun

矸轆

1. (Hokkien) spinning top

   • 我那沒魂有體的柴塊　參像陀螺在繞啊繞 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我那没魂有体的柴块　参像陀螺在绕啊绕 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1996, 陳昇 (lyrics), 楊騰佑 (music), 陀螺, performed by 葉璦菱

     góa ná bô-hûn-ū-thé ê chhâ-kho͘, chhan-chhiūⁿ kan-lo̍k tī-leh se̍h ah se̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 索仔敨開彼一下　逐家攏來拍矸轆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     索仔敨开彼一下　逐家拢来拍矸辘 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 王羅蜜多, 矸轆之歌, in 吹鼓吹詩論壇, issue 29, page 101

     soh-á tháu--khui hit chi̍t ē, ta̍k-ke lóng lâi phah kan-lo̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     At the moment when the strings are loosed, everyone comes to hit the spinning top

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	漢奸
	Taiwan	陀螺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子
	Guiyang	格螺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	地陀, 下流胚
	Yangzhou	牛
Mandarin	Singapore	陀螺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Gan	Nanchang	陀螺
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	奇樂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	缺樂
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	極樂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	摔
Huizhou	Jixi	賤鞭螺
Jin	Xinzhou	猴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	榛迷
Southern Min	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Taipei	矸轆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Changhua (Lukang)	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Penghu (Magong)	矸轆, 柴佛
	Manila (Hokkien)	矸轆
	Longyan	陀螺
	Haikou	牛六
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陀螺
Xiang	Changsha	得螺
	Loudi	地擂公