掠龍

Chinese

		plunder	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (掠龍)		掠	龍
simp. (掠龙)		掠	龙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍h-lêng / lia̍h-liông

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaqleeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-liông
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaqlioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liɔŋ¹³/

Verb

掠龍

1. (Hokkien) to massage (especially a specific kind of massage)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 按摩 (“to massage”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		按摩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	按摩, 馬殺雞 humorous
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢱕骨, 抌骨, 鬆骨
	Hong Kong	按摩, 𢱕骨
Jin	Taiyuan	捏揣, 按摩
Southern Min	Xiamen	掠龍
	Quanzhou	掠龍
	Zhangzhou	捶拳仔, 掠龍
	Tainan	掠龍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	按摩, 鬆骨

Derived terms

• 掠龍的／掠龙的

 

References

• “Entry #7413”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.