膗

膗 U+8197, 膗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8197 ← 膖 [U+8196] CJK Unified Ideographs 膘 → [U+8198]

Translingual

Han character

膗 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山人土 (BUOG) or 難難月山人 (XXBUO), four-corner 7221₄, composition ⿰月崔)

1. ugly and fat
2. too fat to move

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29824
• Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2108, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8197

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (崔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嗺	*ʔslo, *ʔsluːl, *sluːl, *ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ
催	*sʰluːl
璀	*sʰluːlʔ
皠	*sʰluːlʔ
漼	*sʰluːlʔ
鏙	*sʰluːlʔ
摧	*zluːl
崔	*zluːl, *sʰluːl
慛	*zluːl
槯	*zluːl
繀	*sluːls
膗	*zruːl

Pronunciation 1

trad.		膗
simp. #		膗
alternative forms		扭 跩

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuái (chuai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴, saai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choāi / choa̍ih / choǎi / choāiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuai²
    • Yale: chwái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwai
    • Palladius: чуай (čuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴, saai⁴
    • Yale: chèuih, sàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴, saai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴, sai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/, /saːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choāi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍ih
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍ih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suaiʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choǎi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suai²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choāiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuāinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvoai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suãi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrweaj

Rime
Character	膗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	仕懷切
Baxter	dzrweaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠuɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒuɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐwəɨj/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒuɛi/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒwɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱwăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zruːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膗
Reading #	1/1
No.	1888
Phonetic component	崔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	膗
Old Chinese	/*zruːl/

Definitions

膗

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to sprain (e.g. the ankle, wrist, etc.)
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to twist & turn (while walking)
3. (dialect) grossly overweight; obese

Pronunciation 2

trad.		膗
simp. #		膗

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choâi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suai²³/

Definitions

膗

1. (Hokkien) tailbone; coccyx
2. (Hokkien) bad style (of clothing)