Chinese
Etymology
Cognate with Eastern Min 客佻 (káh-dièu); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Penang, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Penang, Singapore, Philippines, variant in Taiwan)
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tig4 to5 / têg4 to5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thik thô / thek thô
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰik̚²⁻⁴ tʰo⁵⁵/, /tʰek̚²⁻⁴ tʰo⁵⁵/
Note:
- tig4 to5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- têg4 to5 - Jieyang.
Verb
𨑨迌 (Southern Min)
- to play
- to have a good time; to have fun; to spend time socially to hang out (with friends, etc.)
- 去上海𨑨迌 [Teochew] ― ke3 siang6 hai2 tig4 to5 [Peng'im] ― to travel to Shanghai (for a visit)
- (Hokkien) to consort with prostitutes; to solicit prostitutes
- (Hokkien) to huddle around; to have close dealings with; to play around with (those in the underworld, etc.)
- 𨑨迌人 [Hokkien] ― chhit-thô-lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― hooligan
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to practice; to study intensively
𨑨迌這套拳術 [Hokkien, trad.]
𨑨迌这套拳术 [Hokkien, simp.]- chhit-thô chit thò kûn-su̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- to practice this kind of Chinese boxing
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to toy with; to dally with; to philander with
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
玩 (“to play; to play with”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
嬉, 戲
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
玩, 玩耍
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
玩兒
|
| Taiwan
|
玩
|
| Malaysia
|
玩
|
| Singapore
|
玩
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
玩兒
|
| Jinan
|
玩兒
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
站, 耍1
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
耍1
|
| Wanrong
|
翻倒
|
| Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
子奇
|
| Xi'an
|
耍1
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
耍1
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
耍1
|
| Wuhan
|
玩
|
| Guilin
|
耍1
|
| Liuzhou
|
玩
|
| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
玩
|
| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
玩
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
玩
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
玩
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Yangzhou
|
玩
|
| Hefei
|
玩
|
| Mandarin
|
Nanping (Yanping)
|
耍1
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
玩, 嫽
|
| Hong Kong
|
玩
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
嫽
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
玩
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
嫽
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
嫽
|
| Macau
|
玩
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
玩, 仙
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
去嫽
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
玩, 嫽
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
嫽
|
| Foshan
|
嫽
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
成人, 玩
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
玩
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
耍1, 玩
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
耍1
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
耍1
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
玩
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
玩
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
嫽
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
嫽
|
| Taishan
|
嫽, 戀
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
嫽
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
嫽
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
耍1
|
| Dongguan
|
嫽
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
嫽
|
| Qingyuan
|
耍1
|
| Fogang
|
嫽
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
嫽
|
| Yangshan
|
耍1
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
耍極
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
耍1
|
| Shaoguan
|
玩
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
玩
|
| Renhua
|
玩
|
| Lechang
|
玩
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
耍1
|
| Sihui
|
玩耍
|
| Guangning
|
耍1
|
| Deqing
|
蕩
|
| Huaiji
|
耍1
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
耍1
|
| Yunfu
|
耍1, 搞
|
| Xinxing
|
轉
|
| Luoding
|
玩, 耍1
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
蕩
|
| Yangjiang
|
搞
|
| Xinyi
|
嫽, 蕩
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
嫽
|
| Lianjiang
|
嫽
|
| Nanning
|
耍1
|
| Wuzhou
|
去嫽
|
| Beihai
|
嘢
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
耍1
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
玩
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
耍1
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
玩, 嫽
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
玩
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
玩, 嫽
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
玩, 嫽
|
| Móng Cái
|
耍1
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
暱, 玩
|
| Lichuan
|
猥
|
| Pingxiang
|
耍1
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
嫽, 搞
|
| Xingning
|
嫽
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
嫽
|
| Huiyang
|
嫽
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
嫽
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
嫽
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
嫽
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
嫽
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
嫽
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
嫽
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
嫽
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
嫽
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
嫽
|
| Wengyuan
|
嫽
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
嫽
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
嫽
|
| Liannan
|
嫽
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
嫽
|
| Jiexi
|
搣
|
| Luhe
|
搞
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
嫽
|
| Changting
|
嫽
|
| Wuping
|
嫽
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
嫽
|
| Liancheng
|
嫽
|
| Ninghua
|
嬉
|
| Yudu
|
嫽, 搞
|
| Shicheng
|
嬉
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
嫽
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
嫽
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
嫽
|
| Dayu
|
搞, 嫽
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
尞, 搞
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
尞, 搞
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
尞, 搞
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
尞, 搞
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
尞, 爽
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
尞, 搞
|
| Hong Kong
|
嫽, 搞
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
嫽, 搞
|
| Luchuan
|
嫽
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
嫽
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
搞
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
嬉
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
耍1
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
嬉
|
| Songxi
|
嬉
|
| Zhenghe
|
嬉
|
| Jianyang
|
嬉
|
| Wuyishan
|
嬉
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
客佻
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
客佻
|
| Lianjiang
|
客佻
|
| Fuqing
|
客佻
|
| Pingtan
|
客佻
|
| Yongtai
|
客佻
|
| Minqing
|
客佻
|
| Gutian
|
客佻
|
| Pingnan
|
他佻
|
| Luoyuan
|
客佻
|
| Fu'an
|
宅佻
|
| Ningde
|
客佻
|
| Xiapu
|
客佻
|
| Zherong
|
宅佻
|
| Shouning
|
宅佻
|
| Zhouning
|
宅佻
|
| Fuding
|
宅佻
|
| Matsu
|
客佻
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
客佻
|
| Sitiawan (Gutian)
|
客佻
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
𨑨迌
|
| Quanzhou
|
𨑨, 𨑨迌
|
| Jinjiang
|
𨑨迌
|
| Nan'an
|
𨑨迌
|
| Shishi
|
𨑨迌, 𨑨
|
| Hui'an
|
𨑨迌
|
| Anxi
|
𨑨迌
|
| Yongchun
|
𨑨迌
|
| Dehua
|
𨑨迌
|
| Zhangzhou
|
耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
𨑨迌
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
耍2, 𨑨迌
|
| Hua'an
|
𨑨迌
|
| Nanjing
|
𨑨迌
|
| Pinghe
|
𨑨迌
|
| Zhangpu
|
𨑨迌
|
| Yunxiao
|
𨑨迌
|
| Zhao'an
|
耍2, 𨑨迌
|
| Dongshan
|
𨑨迌
|
| Taipei
|
耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
|
| Kaohsiung
|
耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
|
| Kinmen
|
𨑨迌
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
𨑨迌, 奕
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
耍2, 𨑨迌
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
𨑨迌, 𨑨, 奕
|
| Longyan
|
𨑨迌
|
| Zhangping
|
𨑨迌
|
| Datian
|
嬉
|
| Chaozhou
|
耍2, 𨑨迌
|
| Raoping
|
耍2
|
| Shantou
|
耍2, 𨑨迌
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
𨑨迌
|
| Jieyang
|
耍2, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
|
| Lufeng
|
𨑨迌
|
| Haifeng
|
𨑨迌
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
𨑨迌
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
𨑨迌
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
耍2, 𨑨迌
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
耍2
|
| Leizhou
|
弄
|
| Wenchang
|
弄
|
| Haikou
|
弄
|
| Qionghai
|
弄
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
弄
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
搭聊
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
搭聊
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
搭聊
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
搭聊
|
| Xianyou
|
搭聊
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
搭聊
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
搭聊
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
嬉
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
嬉
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
嬉
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
白相
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
白相
|
| Suzhou
|
白相
|
| Wuxi
|
白相
|
| Hangzhou
|
耍子
|
| Shaoxing
|
嬉 intransitive, 搞 transitive
|
| Ningbo
|
嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
|
| Wenzhou
|
嬉, 玩, 狡調
|
| Lishui
|
嬉
|
| Jinhua
|
嬉
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
玩
|
| Shuangfeng
|
耍1
|
| Quanzhou
|
耍1
|
- (to have fun): (Hokkien) 耍 (sńg)
Dialectal synonyms of
嫖娼 (“to visit prostitutes”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
冶遊
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
嫖娼, 嫖妓, 狎妓, 宿娼
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
逛窯子, 打野雞
|
| Taiwan
|
嫖妓, 打炮
|
| Harbin
|
逛窯子, 打兔兒, 打兔子
|
| Singapore
|
嫖妓, 叫雞
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Xi'an
|
逛窯子
|
| Xining
|
嫖妓
|
| Xuzhou
|
鑽狗洞
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
逮貓兒
|
| Liuzhou
|
嫖騇
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Yangzhou
|
嫖媽媽, 打野食
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
嫖老舉, 嫖騇, 叫雞, 食雞
|
| Hong Kong
|
叫雞, 召妓, 撳鐘仔, call G
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
叫雞
|
| Hakka
|
Changting
|
睡鴨子, 搞鴨子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
開細妹仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
開細妹仔
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
開細妹
|
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
屌細妹仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
開細妹仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
開細妹仔
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
打茶會
|
| Jin
|
Xinzhou
|
逛窯子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
𢫦炮
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
嫖白面, 食雞
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
開查某, 開銷
|
| Quanzhou
|
開查某, 開銷
|
| Zhangzhou
|
開查某, 開銷
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
開查某
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
開查某
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
開查某
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
開查某
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
開查某
|
| Tainan
|
開查某
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
開查某
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
開查某
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
叫雞
|
| Leizhou
|
放娘
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
搵雞, 嫖老舉
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
嫖騇
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
打野雞, 斬鹹肉
|
| Danyang
|
打野雞
|
Derived terms
Adverb
𨑨迌
- (Hokkien) carelessly; negligently; with no care
- 𨑨迌食 [Hokkien] ― chhit-thô chia̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to eat with no care
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) for fun
- 食𨑨迌的 [Hokkien] ― chia̍h chhit-thô--ê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to eat for fun
Adjective
𨑨迌
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) informal; unofficial
- 𨑨迌印仔 [Hokkien] ― chhit-thô ìn-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― unofficial seal
References