那卡西

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (那卡西)		那	卡	西

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 流(なが)し (nagashi, “cruising”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàkǎxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ㄎㄚˇ ㄒㄧ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): na-gá-sih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàkǎxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄎㄚˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàkǎsi
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴-kʻa³-hsi¹
    • Yale: nà-kǎ-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nahkaashi
    • Palladius: накаси (nakasi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: na-gá-sih
    • Tâi-lô: na-gá-sih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: na'gafsiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/

Noun

那卡西

1. (Taiwan) nakasi (essential traditional popular music form in Japan and Taiwan)

   • 那卡西的音樂一直彈　來刺著阮的心肝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     那卡西的音乐一直弹　来刺著阮的心肝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1989, 蔡秋鳳 (Kerris Tsai), 酒矸仔伴

     na-gá-sih ê im-ga̍k it-ti̍t tôaⁿ, lâi chha̍k-tio̍h gún ê sim-koaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The nakasi music keeps on playing, piercing into my heart