透仔
Chinese
to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce |
minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (透仔) | 透 | 仔 | |
| simp. #(透仔) | 透 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàu-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàu-á
- Tâi-lô: thàu-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: tawar
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰau¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
透仔
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) part-time informant or spy planted by authorities among the common people (often recruited from individuals from all walks of life to help gather information or investigate certain matters)