牆腳

See also: 墙脚

Chinese

		wall	role; foot; base
trad. (牆腳)		牆	腳
simp. (墙脚)		墙	脚
alternative forms		牆跤／墙跤 Min 牆骹／墙骹 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ goek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiûⁿ-kha / chhiôⁿ-kha
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhian-ciaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-chiao³
    • Yale: chyáng-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjeau
    • Palladius: цянцзяо (cjanczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángjiǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángjiǎor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-chiao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyáng-jyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjeaul
    • Palladius: цянцзяор (cjanczjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ goek³
    • Yale: chèuhng geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ-kha
    • Tâi-lô: tshiûnn-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviu'qaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiôⁿ-kha
    • Tâi-lô: tshiônn-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioi'qaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhian-ciaq
    • MiniDict: zhian^去 ciah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxian-jiaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiã²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

牆腳

1. foot of a wall
2. (figurative) foundation; backbone

Synonyms

• (foot of a wall): 牆根／墙根 (qiánggēn); (Hokkien) 牆跤／墙跤; 厝跤

Derived terms

• 打牆腳／打墙脚
• 拆牆腳／拆墙脚 (chāi qiángjiǎo)
• 挖牆腳／挖墙脚 (wā qiángjiǎo)
• 撬牆腳／撬墙脚