拖沙

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
trad. (拖沙)		拖	沙
simp. #(拖沙)		拖	沙
alternative forms		拖砂

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-soa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-soa
    • Tâi-lô: thua-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toasoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

Adjective

拖沙

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) sluggish; slow; indecisive

   • 啉酒上討厭　𠢕拖沙　無到天光不回家 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     啉酒上讨厌　𠢕拖沙　无到天光不回家 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2023, 予焦啦 (Cheers), by 彭正 (A Pon)

     lim-chiú chiūⁿ thó-ià, gâu thoa-soa, bô kàu thiⁿ-kng bù huí-jiā [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 不快 (bùkuài)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖沓 (tuōtà)
• 拖黐 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
• 舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
• 遲緩／迟缓 (chíhuǎn)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 黐拖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

See also

• 拖泥帶水／拖泥带水 (tuōnídàishuǐ)