剺揭

Chinese

		mark	lift off (a cover); divulge
trad. (剺揭)		剺	揭
simp. #(剺揭)		剺	揭
alternative forms		褫揭 戾揭 (lih-khiat)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lì-khiat / lih-khiat

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lì-khiat
    • Tâi-lô: lì-khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie'qiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lih-khiat
    • Tâi-lô: lih-khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lihqiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li(ʔ)⁵ kʰiɛt̚⁵/

Note:

• lì-khiat - “witty and clever”;
• lih-khiat - “witty and clever (Quanzhou); obstinate; overly astute”.

Adjective

剺揭

1. (Southern Min) witty and clever with slight indecency
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) stubborn and unreasonable; obstinate
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) overly astute and not easily fooled

Synonyms

• (stubborn and unreasonable):

• 乖張／乖张 (guāizhāng)
• 固執／固执
• 執拗／执拗
• 執著／执著 (zhízhuó)
• 執訣／执诀 (Min Nan)
• 悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
• 愚躕／愚蹰 (Min Nan)
• 拘執／拘执 (jūzhí) (literary)
• 拘泥 (jūnì)
• 確切／确切 (quèqiè) (literary)
• 耿性 (gang² lhen¹) (Taishanese)
• 蠻皮／蛮皮 (mánpí)
• 頑固／顽固 (wángù)

 

Derived terms

• 剺揭話／剺揭话