交插

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
trad. (交插)		交	插
simp. #(交插)		交	插

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kau-chhap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gau¹ cab⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-chhap
    • Tâi-lô: kau-tshap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kauzhab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ t͡sʰap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gau¹ cab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau tshap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ t͡sʰap̚²/

Verb

交插

1. (Hokkien, Teochew) to have dealings with; to have contact with
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to mix up; to jumble up
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to take part; to participate in; to involve oneself in

Synonyms

• (to have dealings with):

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• 交往 (jiāowǎng)
• 交流 (jiāoliú)
• 交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
• 交際 / 交际 (jiāojì)
• 來去 / 来去 (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Min Nan, Wu)
• 來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
• 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
• 往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
• 往還 / 往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
• 應酬 / 应酬
• 打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
• 溝通 / 沟通 (gōutōng)
• 社交 (shèjiāo)
• 行踏 (Hokkien)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)
• 過從 / 过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
• 酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
• 鋪排 / 铺排 (Hokkien)

• (to mix up):

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• 串
• 亂 / 乱 (luàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 夾雜 / 夹杂 (jiāzá)
• 廝混 / 厮混 (sīhùn)
• 拍濫 / 拍滥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 拍相濫 / 拍相滥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 插雜 / 插杂 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 摻和 / 掺和
• 摻濫 / 掺滥 (Hokkien)
• 摻雜 / 掺杂 (chānzá)
• 模糊
• 混同 (hùntóng)
• 混合
• 混淆
• 混雜 / 混杂
• 相濫 / 相滥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 羼雜 / 羼杂 (chànzá)

• (to take part):

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• 加入 (jiārù)
• 參入 / 参入 (cānrù)
• 參加 / 参加 (cānjiā)
• 參插 / 参插 (Min Nan)
• 參與 / 参与
• 廁身 / 厕身 (cèshēn) (humble)
• 插手 (chāshǒu)
• 插腳 / 插脚 (chājiǎo) (chiefly something one should not participate in)
• 插足 (chāzú) (figurative, usually derogatory)
• 插身 (chāshēn) (figurative)
• 攏場 / 拢场 (long³chan²) (Xiang)
• 攏邊 / 拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 置身 (zhìshēn)
• 處身 / 处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)
• 鬥插 / 斗插 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鬥插手 / 斗插手 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Noun

交插

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) relation; relationship; connection; tie

Synonyms

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• 干涉 (gānshè) (literary)
• 干過 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 底代 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 淵源 / 渊源 (yuānyuán)
• 相互聯繫 / 相互联系 (xiānghù liánxì)
• 芥蒂 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 連牽 / 连牵 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 關係 / 关系

Derived terms

• 相交插 (sio-kau-chhap) (Min Nan)

References

• “Entry #2089”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “A Dictionary of some of the more important words in the Swatow dialect”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press