客佻

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	frivolous; unsteady; delay
simp. and trad. (客佻)		客	佻
alternative forms		卡溜 卡蹓 客調／客调 客聊 客溜 卡溜 卡蹓 客調／客调 客聊 客溜 客遛 骹溜 骹蹓

Etymology

From the same source as Min Nan 𨑨迌 (chhit-thô, thit-thô). Compare the words for “play” in various coastal Min dialects plus Wenzhounese, arranged from north to south:

Wenzhou	kuo3 diɛ6
Fuding	tʰaʔ7 lieu2
Zhouning	tʰaʔ7 liu2
Ningde	tʰaʔ7 liu2
Gutian	kʰa7 liau1
Youxi Yangzhong	kʰaʔ7 tiɛu2
Youxi Chengguan	kʰa7 kʰio2
Youxi Tangchuan	kʰa5 tʰiɤ2
Youxi Zhongxian	kʰa7 tʰio2
Fuzhou	kʰaʔ6 liu2
Putian	tʰaʔ7 liɐu2
Yongchun	tʰit7 (tʰo2)
Quanzhou	tʰit7 (tʰo2)
Longyan	tʰit7 (tʰio2)
Xiamen	t͡ɕʰit7 tʰo2
Zhangzhou	t͡ɕʰit7 tʰo2

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): káh-dièu

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: káh-dièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lieu⁵³/

Verb

客佻

1. (Eastern Min) to play

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩, 玩耍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩兒
	Taiwan	玩
	Malaysia	玩
	Singapore	玩
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	玩兒
	Jinan	玩兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	站, 耍1
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耍1
	Xi'an	耍1
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍1
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍1
	Wuhan	玩
	Guilin	耍1
	Liuzhou	玩
	Dagudi (Maliba)	玩
	Reshuitang (Longling)	玩
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	玩
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	玩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	玩
	Hefei	玩
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	耍1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	玩, 嫽
	Hong Kong	玩
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	玩
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嫽
	Macau	玩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	玩, 仙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	去嫽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	玩, 嫽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嫽
	Foshan	嫽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	成人, 玩
	Foshan (Shunde)	玩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耍1, 玩
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耍1
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耍1
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	玩
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	玩
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嫽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嫽
	Taishan	嫽, 戀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嫽
	Enping (Niujiang)	嫽
	Heshan (Yayao)	耍1
	Dongguan	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嫽
	Qingyuan	耍1
	Fogang	嫽
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嫽
	Yangshan	耍1
	Lianshan (Butian)	耍極
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	耍1
	Shaoguan	玩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	玩
	Renhua	玩
	Lechang	玩
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	耍1
	Sihui	玩耍
	Guangning	耍1
	Deqing	蕩
	Huaiji	耍1
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	耍1
	Yunfu	耍1, 搞
	Xinxing	轉
	Luoding	玩, 耍1
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蕩
	Yangjiang	搞
	Xinyi	嫽, 蕩
	Maoming (Xinpo)	嫽
	Lianjiang	嫽
	Nanning	耍1
	Wuzhou	去嫽
	Beihai	嘢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	耍1
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	玩
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	耍1
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Penang (Guangfu)	玩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Móng Cái	耍1
Gan	Nanchang	暱, 玩
	Lichuan	猥
	Pingxiang	耍1
Hakka	Meixian	嫽, 搞
	Xingning	嫽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	嫽
	Huiyang	嫽
	Huidong (Daling)	嫽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嫽
	Boluo (Bendihua)	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嫽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嫽
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嫽
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	嫽
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	嫽
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	嫽
	Wengyuan	嫽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嫽
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫽
	Liannan	嫽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	嫽
	Jiexi	搣
	Luhe	搞
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	嫽
	Changting	嫽
	Wuping	嫽
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嫽
	Liancheng	嫽
	Ninghua	嬉
	Yudu	嫽, 搞
	Shicheng	嬉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫽
	Tonggu (Sandu)	嫽
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	嫽
	Dayu	搞, 嫽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尞, 搞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尞, 爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尞, 搞
	Hong Kong	嫽, 搞
	Mengshan (Xihe)	嫽, 搞
	Luchuan	嫽
	Senai (Huiyang)	嫽
	Kuching (Hepo)	搞
Huizhou	Jixi	嬉
Jin	Taiyuan	耍1
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬉
	Songxi	嬉
	Zhenghe	嬉
	Jianyang	嬉
	Wuyishan	嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	客佻
	Lianjiang	客佻
	Fuqing	客佻
	Pingtan	客佻
	Yongtai	客佻
	Minqing	客佻
	Gutian	客佻
	Pingnan	他佻
	Luoyuan	客佻
	Fu'an	宅佻
	Ningde	客佻
	Xiapu	客佻
	Zherong	宅佻
	Shouning	宅佻
	Zhouning	宅佻
	Fuding	宅佻
	Matsu	客佻
	Singapore (Fuqing)	客佻
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	客佻
Southern Min	Xiamen	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𨑨迌
	Quanzhou	𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Jinjiang	𨑨迌
	Nan'an	𨑨迌
	Shishi	𨑨迌, 𨑨
	Hui'an	𨑨迌
	Anxi	𨑨迌
	Yongchun	𨑨迌
	Dehua	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Hua'an	𨑨迌
	Nanjing	𨑨迌
	Pinghe	𨑨迌
	Zhangpu	𨑨迌
	Yunxiao	𨑨迌
	Zhao'an	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Dongshan	𨑨迌
	Taipei	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kaohsiung	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kinmen	𨑨迌
	Penang (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 奕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Manila (Hokkien)	奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Longyan	𨑨迌
	Zhangping	𨑨迌
	Datian	嬉
	Chaozhou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Raoping	耍2
	Shantou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𨑨迌
	Jieyang	耍2, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
	Lufeng	𨑨迌
	Haifeng	𨑨迌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Singapore (Teochew)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Pontianak (Teochew)	耍2
	Leizhou	弄
	Wenchang	弄
	Haikou	弄
	Qionghai	弄
	Singapore (Hainanese)	弄
Puxian Min	Putian	搭聊
	Xianyou	搭聊
Central Min	Yong'an	嬉
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	嬉
	Sanming (Shaxian)	嬉
Wu	Shanghai	白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白相
	Suzhou	白相
	Wuxi	白相
	Hangzhou	耍子
	Shaoxing	嬉
	Ningbo	嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
	Wenzhou	嬉, 玩, 狡調
	Lishui	嬉
	Jinhua	嬉
Xiang	Changsha	玩
	Shuangfeng	耍1
	Quanzhou	耍1