踏棚頭

Chinese

		step on	shed	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (踏棚頭)		踏	棚	頭
simp. (踏棚头)		踏	棚	头

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta̍h-pêⁿ-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍h-pêⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍h-pênn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daqpve'taau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ta(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɛ̃¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

Verb

踏棚頭

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to perform a ritual to ward off evil spirits, such as beheading a white rooster, before the first performance at a new location by an opera troupe