踎

Translingual

Han character

踎 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一一火口 (RMMFR), composition ⿰𧾷否)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1227, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3708, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8E0E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		踎

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 否.

Etymology

Cantonese word for "squat":

Guangzhou mɐu⁵³, Conghua mou⁵⁵, Panyu (Shiqiao) mɐu⁵⁵, Zengcheng pɐu⁵⁵, Shunde (Daliang) mɐu⁵³, Zhuhai (Qianshan) pɐu⁵⁵, Kaiping (Chikan) vau³³, Taishan peu³³, Nanhai (Shatou) mɐu⁵⁵, Jiangmen (Baisha) mou²³, Hong Kong (Kam Tin) məu⁵⁵, Macau pɐu⁵⁵.

Etymology not certain. Perhaps a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Zhuang maeuq (“to squat”). Others believe this is from 貓 (“cat > to bend; to bend down”), as in colloquial Mandarin 貓腰 (“to bend down”), although this may be less likely due to the semantic mismatch ("squat" and "bend down").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móu (mou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): beu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mau¹
    • Yale: māu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: beu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peu³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 踎 (Cantonese)

1. to squat; to crouch

   踎低，唔准企起身！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   mau¹ dai¹, m⁴ zeon² kei⁵ hei² san¹! [Jyutping]

   Squat down, don't stand up!

2. to be stuck somewhere (because of unfortunate circumstances)

   佢喺監倉踎咗十年。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢喺监仓踎咗十年。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ hai² gaam¹ cong¹ mau¹ zo² sap⁶ nin⁴. [Jyutping]

   He was stuck in jail for 10 years.

   踎喺屋企睇電視 [Cantonese, trad.]
   踎喺屋企睇电视 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mau¹ hai² uk¹ kei^5-2 tai² din⁶ si⁶ [Jyutping]

   to stay at home all day and watch TV

3. to muddle along; to drift along

Synonyms

• (to squat):

Dialectal synonyms of 蹲 (“to squat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蹲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蹲
	Taiwan	蹲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跍堆, 跍蹲, 蹲
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趷蹴, 蹴, 蹲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跍
	Wuhan	跍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蹲
	Hefei	蹲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	踎
	Hong Kong	踎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	踎
	Macau	踎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	踎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	䟵
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	踎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	踎
	Foshan	踎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	踎
	Foshan (Shunde)	踎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	踎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	踎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	踎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	踎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	踎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	踎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	踎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	踎
	Taishan	踎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	踎
	Enping (Niujiang)	踎
	Heshan (Yayao)	踎
	Dongguan	踎, 冬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	踎
	Yangjiang	踎
	Nanning	踎
	Yulin	踎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	踎
Gan	Nanchang	跍, 蹲
Hakka	Meixian	蹲, 𨁏
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	跍
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跍
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	踎
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	跍
	Jiexi	跍
	Changting	𨁏
	Ninghua	𨁏
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跍
	Hong Kong	跍
	Senai (Huiyang)	跍
Jin	Taiyuan	圪蹴, 蹲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	跍嚕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蹲, 跍
Southern Min	Xiamen	跍
	Quanzhou	跍
	Zhangzhou	跍
	Taipei	跍
	Kaohsiung	跍
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跍
	Manila (Hokkien)	跍
	Chaozhou	跍
	Shantou	跍
	Jieyang	跍, 蹲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	跍
	Leizhou	跍
Wu	Shanghai	跍, 蹲
	Suzhou	蹲, 伏
	Wenzhou	𧺤, 彎
Xiang	Changsha	跍
	Shuangfeng	蹲

• (to muddle along): 混 (hùn)