飼蠓

Chinese

to raise; to rear; to feed mosquito
trad. (飼蠓)
simp. (饲蠓)

Pronunciation


Verb

飼蠓

  1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min, idiomatic) to leave a room or house closed and unused (as if to raise mosquitoes)

See also

  • 餵蚊喂蚊

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “饲蠓”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 86.