勼跤

Chinese

			bones of leg; wrestle
simp. and trad. (勼跤)		勼	跤
alternative forms		勼腳／勼脚 勼骹

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): giu¹ kor¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiu-kha

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: giu¹ kor¹ [Phonetic: giu⁵ or¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: giu-ko̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(kʰ-)ɒ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: giu¹ kor¹ [Phonetic: giu⁵ or¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(kʰ-)ɒ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiu-kha
    • Tâi-lô: kiu-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'qaf
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu³³ kʰa³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/

Verb

勼跤

1. (literary) to pull one's feet back
2. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to shrink back and change one's mind (upon encountering difficulty)
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to retreat; to withdraw

Synonyms

• (to retreat): 退卻／退却 (tuìquè), 撤退 (chètuì)

Derived terms

• 勼跤勼手

See also

• 勼手

References

• “勼跤”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “勼骹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 221.