抉喙䫌

Chinese

		dig; pick	cheek
trad. (抉喙䫌)		抉	喙䫌
simp. (抉喙𱂮)		抉	喙𱂮

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat-chhùi-phóe / koat-chhùi-phé

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-chhùi-phóe
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tshuì-phué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatzhuiephoea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pʰue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pʰue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-chhùi-phé
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tshuì-phé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatzhuiephea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pʰe⁵³/

Verb

抉喙䫌

1. (Hokkien) to box someone's ears; to slap someone on the face

Synonyms

• 兜巴星 (dau¹ baa¹ sing¹) (Cantonese)
• 冚 (kam2) (Cantonese)
• 戳鏡／戳镜 (⁷tshoq-cin) (Wu, dated)
• 打嘴角 (Hakka)
• 打耳光 (dǎ ěrguāng)
• 打耳刮
• 打耳刮子
• 批頰／批颊
• 拍喙䫌／拍喙𱂮 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 掌嘴 (zhǎngzuǐ)
• 掌摑／掌掴 (zhǎngguāi)
• 揌喙䫌／揌喙𱂮 (Min Nan)
• 搧喙䫌／搧喙𱂮 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 搏頰／搏颊 (literary)
• 摑耳光／掴耳光 (guāi'érguāng)
• 擗喙䫌／擗喙𱂮 (Tainan Hokkien)
• 筰 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 打耳光 (“to box someone's ears; to slap someone on the face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打耳光, 掌嘴, 打嘴巴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打耳括子
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打嘴角
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打嘴角, 噼嘴角
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打嘴角
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打嘴角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打嘴角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搧嘴䫌
Southern Min	Xiamen	搧喙䫌, 抉喙䫌, 拍喙䫌
	Quanzhou	搧喙䫌, 抉喙䫌
	Zhangzhou	搧喙䫌, 抉喙䫌
	Tainan	擗喙䫌, 搧喙䫌 GT
Wu	Hangzhou	喫耳光
	Ningbo	摑耳光, 搧巴掌