鎮鎮塊塊

See also: 镇块

Chinese

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
trad. (鎮鎮塊塊)		鎮	鎮	塊	塊
simp. (镇镇块块)		镇	镇	块	块
alternative forms		鎮鎮地地／镇镇地地

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tìn-tìn-tè-tè

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tìn-tìn-tè-tè
    • Tâi-lô: tìn-tìn-tè-tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diendiendea'dex
    • IPA (Philippines): /tin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²¹⁻⁴¹ tin²¹⁻⁴¹ te²¹⁻⁴¹ te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin¹¹⁻⁵³ tin¹¹⁻⁵³ te¹¹⁻⁵³ te¹¹/

Verb

鎮鎮塊塊

1. (Hokkien) to take up space
2. (Hokkien) to be in the way; to be a hindrance

Synonyms

• (to take up space): 佔位／占位 (zhànwèi); (Cantonese) 掗位／挜位; (Hokkien) 鎮位／镇位, 鎮塊／镇块
• (to be a hindrance): 礙事／碍事 (àishì), 礙手礙腳／碍手碍脚 (àishǒu'àijiǎo); (Cantonese) 阻頭阻勢／阻头阻势; (Xiang) 架事

See also

• (Cantonese) 阻埞

Further reading

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “鎮鎮塊塊”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC