勾配

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	to join; to fit; to mate to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription)
trad. (勾配)		勾	配
simp. #(勾配)		勾	配
alternative forms		摳拜／抠拜

Etymology

From Japanese 勾配(こうばい) (kōbai).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-phòe / khŏ͘-bái

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-phòe
    • Tâi-lô: koo-phuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kophoex
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰue¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khŏ͘-bái
    • Tâi-lô: khőo-bái
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ³⁵ bai⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ³⁵ bai⁴¹/

Note: khŏ͘-bái - Directly from Japanese 勾配(こうばい) (kōbai).

Noun

勾配

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, engineering) slope

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勾	配
こう Grade: S	はい > ばい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーばい [kòóbáíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːba̠i]

Noun

勾(こう)配(ばい) • (kōbai) 

1. slope, incline, grade, gradient, pitch, inclination

References

• “勾配”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025