捋尾椎

Chinese

		strip (cow, leaves, branch); stroke (beard)	tail	spine; a hammer
simp. and trad. (捋尾椎)		捋	尾	椎

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): loa̍h-bóe-chui

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loa̍h-bóe-chui
    • Tâi-lô: lua̍h-bué-tsui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaqboefzuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/

Verb

捋尾椎

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to praise, flatter, console, or speak well of someone contrary to one's convictions (in order to make them happy, make them do something, or make them obey)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 捋狗尾