捍脈
Chinese
| ward off (a blow) | mountain range; pulse | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (捍脈) | 捍 | 脈 | |
| simp. (捍脉) | 捍 | 脉 | |
| alternative forms | 扞脈/扞脉 揘脈/揘脉 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōaⁿ-me̍h
- Tâi-lô: huānn-me̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaxmeh
- IPA (Singapore): /huã²²⁻²¹ meʔ⁴³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huã³³⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /huã²²⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /huã³³⁻¹¹ mẽʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōaⁿ-be̍h
- Tâi-lô: huānn-be̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaxbeh
- IPA (Kinmen): /huã²²⁻¹² beʔ⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huan7 mêh8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huāⁿ me̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /hũã¹¹ meʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Verb
捍⫽脈 (verb-object)
- (Southern Min, traditional Chinese medicine) to take someone's pulse
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 把脈 (“to take someone's pulse”) [map]