抓耙仔
Chinese
to grab; to catch; to arrest to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch |
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|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (抓耙仔) | 抓 | 耙仔 | |
| simp. #(抓耙仔) | 抓 | 耙仔 | |
| alternative forms | 爪耙仔 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niàu-pê-á / liàu-pê-á / jiàu-pê-á / giàu-pê-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niàu-pê-á
- Tâi-lô: niàu-pê-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: niao'pe'ar
- IPA (Taipei): /niãu¹¹⁻⁵³ pe²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liàu-pê-á
- Tâi-lô: liàu-pê-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: liao'pe'ar
- IPA (Lukang): /liau³¹⁻⁵³ pe²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiàu-pê-á
- Tâi-lô: jiàu-pê-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: jiao'pe'ar
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giàu-pê-á
- Tâi-lô: giàu-pê-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: giao'pe'ar
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
Noun
抓耙仔
- (Taipei, Lukang, Taichung and Sanxia Hokkien) bamboo or wood backscratcher
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) informant; informer; spy
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不求人 (“backscratcher”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不求人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老頭樂 |
| Harbin | 老頭兒樂, 癢癢撓兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 不求人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 癢抓, 抓癢, 癢癢撓兒 in some places, 抓子 in some places |
| Liuzhou | 抓癢耙, 不求人, 癢耙, 癢癢撓 in some subdialects | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老人樂, 不求人, 撓癢筢 |
| Yangzhou | 抓癢耙子, 不求人 uncommon | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 不求人 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 不求人, 抓耙仔 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 不求人, 抓耙仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 不求人, 尻脊扒仔 | |
| Yilan | 不求人, 扒仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 抓耙仔 | |
| Taichung | 抓耙仔 | |
| Tainan | 扒癢的 | |
| Hsinchu | 扒仔 | |
| Kinmen | 抓尻脊彼枝 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 竹桮 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 不求人 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搔手, 勿求人 |
| Ningbo | 搔癢棒, 𢪂癢棒 | |
| Wenzhou | 不求人 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 癢抓子 |