徛飛魚

Chinese

			flying fish
trad. (徛飛魚)		徛	飛魚
simp. (徛飞鱼)		徛	飞鱼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiā-pe-hî / khǎ-per-hîr

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiā-pe-hî
    • Tâi-lô: khiā-pe-hî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaxpe'hii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰia²²⁻²¹ pe⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǎ-per-hîr
    • Tâi-lô: khǎ-per-hîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa²² pə³³ hɯ²⁴/

Verb

徛飛魚

1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to stand on one's hands; to do a handstand
2. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to be absolutely empty

Synonyms

• (to stand on one's hands):

Dialectal synonyms of 倒立 (“to do a handstand; to stand upside down”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		倒立, 拿大頂, 拿頂
Mandarin	Taiwan	倒立
Cantonese	Guangzhou	倒豎蔥, 倒掟頭
	Hong Kong	倒豎蔥, 倒立
Hakka	Meixian	𤊶翻企, 𤊶倒企, 縱直竹
Southern Min	Xiamen	徛飛魚, 倒栽
	Quanzhou	徛飛魚
	Zhangzhou	徛騰
	Tainan	倒栽, 倒頭徛
	Shantou	顛倒徛, 顛倒頭
Wu	Shanghai	丁倒立, 豎蜻蜓, 豎煙囪
	Shanghai (Jiading)	頂倒裡立, 豎蜻蜓, 頂倒爬

• (to be absolutely empty): 空空如也 (kōngkōngrúyě); (Hokkien) 徛騰／徛腾