弓仔

Chinese

		a bow (weapon)	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (弓仔)		弓	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-á / kiong-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-á
    • Tâi-lô: king-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keng'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-á
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiong'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 弓仔

1. (Hokkien) spring (mechanical device)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 彈簧 (“spring (mechanical device)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		彈簧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	弓子
	Taiwan	彈簧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	彈弓, 彈簧
	Hong Kong	彈弓
	Taishan	彈弓
Hakka	Meixian	彈弓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	彈簧
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	彈簧
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	彈簧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	彈簧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	彈簧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	彈簧
Southern Min	Xiamen	弓仔
	Quanzhou	弓仔
	Zhangzhou	弓仔
	Taipei	弓仔, su-pú-lín-guh
	Kaohsiung	弓仔, su-pú-lín-guh
	Tainan	弓仔, su-pú-lín-guh
	Shantou	彈簧
Wu	Shanghai	彈簧