酒矸

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	(Min Nan) bottle
trad. (酒矸)		酒	矸
simp. #(酒矸)		酒	矸
alternative forms		酒干

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-kan

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kan
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴/

Noun

酒矸

1. (Southern Min) bottle for any kind of alcoholic beverage

   • 酒干倘賣無？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     酒干倘卖无？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1983, 蘇芮 (lyricists 羅大佑 and 侯德健), 酒干倘賣無

     Chiú-kan thang bōe--bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Are you selling any bottles?

Synonyms

• 酒樽 (zau² zeon¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 酒瓶 (jiǔpíng)
• 酒矸仔 (chiú-kan-á) (Hokkien)
• 酒罐仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 番仔酒矸

 

References

• “Entry #6855”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.