āu-piah

Min Nan

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	wall; rampart
trad. (後壁*)		後	壁
simp. (后壁)		后	壁

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-piah
  • Tâi-lô: āu-piah
  • Phofsit Daibuun: auxpiaq
  • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹⁻²² piaʔ⁵/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/
  • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ piaʔ³²/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

Noun

1. at the back; the rear; the back

Synonyms

• 後面／后面 (āu-bīn)

See also

• (Mandarin) 後邊／后边 (hòubiān)

Further reading

• “Entry #4984”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.