冊仔

Chinese

		book; a measure word for books; booklet	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (冊仔)		冊	仔
simp. (册仔)		册	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheh-á / chheeh-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheh-á
    • Tâi-lô: tsheh-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheh'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)⁵ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheeh-á
    • Tâi-lô: tsheeh-á
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun

冊仔

1. (Hokkien) booklet
2. (Xiamen Hokkien, specifically) book for burning in front of religious idols in order to avoid disasters
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) book of incantations for curing sickness
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) a kind of joss paper thrown onto the road during sickness or the recitation of incantations

Synonyms

• (booklet): 小冊子／小册子 (xiǎocèzi)
• (a kind of joss paper): (Hokkien) 冊仔紙／册仔纸

Derived terms

• 冊仔紙 / 册仔纸