跤梢

Chinese

		bones of leg; wrestle	tip of branch
trad. (跤梢)		跤	梢
simp. #(跤梢)		跤	梢
alternative forms		跤騷／跤骚 骹騷／骹骚 腳騷／脚骚 腳梢／脚梢
anagram		梢跤

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha-sau

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha-sau
    • Tâi-lô: kha-sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qasaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² sau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴/

Noun

跤梢

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) dead epidermis particles of the sole of the foot
2. (Xiamen Hokkien) incompetent person; good-for-nothing
3. (Xiamen Hokkien) person of lowly and degrading position or status
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) female prostitute (usually a cheap one)

Synonyms

• (incompetent person): 膿包／脓包 (nóngbāo); (Hokkien) 梢跤, 梢蹬, 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄
• (person of a lowly position): (Hokkien) 梢跤, 梢蹬, 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄

Derived terms

• 跤梢間仔／跤梢间仔

 

Adjective

跤梢

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) substandard; bad; poor; disappointing (of quality, ability, etc.)
2. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) clumsy; dull-witted; stupid; ungainly; foolish
3. (Xiamen Hokkien) incompetent; lacking ability; good-for-nothing
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) mean and low; low and degrading

Synonyms

• (no good):

• 不善 (bùshàn)
• 不好
• 不妙 (bùmiào)
• 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 不濟／不济 (bùjì)
• 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
• 了丁 (Min Nan)
• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低劣 (dīliè)
• 低路 (Min Nan)
• 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
• 屎 (Cantonese)
• 差 (chà)
• 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
• 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
• 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
• 推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
• 水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
• 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
• 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
• 破 (pò) (colloquial)
• 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)

 

• (clumsy):

• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣／撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 海鱟／海鲎 (Hokkien)
• 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
• 痴呆
• 發踱／发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
• 笨 (bèn)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

 

• (incompetent):

• 梢跤 (Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Hokkien)
• 無能／无能 (wúnéng)
• 菜瓜 (càiguā) (Luoyang Mandarin)
• 覆地虎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鴨味／鸭味 (Hokkien)