乞雨

Chinese

		beg	rain
trad. (乞雨)		乞	雨
simp. #(乞雨)		乞	雨

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): koh⁶ hou⁵ / kuoh⁶ hou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khit-hō͘ / khit-hǒ͘

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: koh⁶ hou⁵ [Phonetic: koh⁴ hou⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: keoh-hō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔʔ¹⁻⁴² hɔu²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kuoh⁶ hou⁵ [Phonetic: kuoh⁷ hou⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoʔ²⁻²⁴ hɔu²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: khit-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qitho
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵ hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-hǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: khit-hǒo
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /kʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔ³³/

Verb

乞雨

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to pray for rain

Synonyms

• 祈雨 (qíyǔ)
• 求雨 (qiúyǔ)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “乞雨”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 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), “乞雨”, 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 329.