觸舌

Chinese

		knock against; touch; to feel	tongue
trad. (觸舌)		觸	舌
simp. (触舌)		触	舌

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tak-chi̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tak-chi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tak-tsi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dakcih
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tak̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siʔ⁴/

Verb

觸舌

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to click one's tongue
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) to click one's tongue in admiration

Synonyms

(to click one's tongue in admiration): 嘖嘖稱讚／啧啧称赞 (zézé chēngzàn)

Derived terms

呵咾甲會觸舌 / 呵咾甲会触舌

References

“觸舌”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.