剪布

Chinese

		cut with scissors; scissors	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (剪布)		剪	布
simp. #(剪布)		剪	布

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin² bou³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): jian³ bu³
• Northern Min (KCR): cǎing-bio̤̿
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chián-pò

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin² bou³
    • Yale: jín bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin² bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin² bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵ pou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jian³ bu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sian³¹ pu³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǎing-bio̤̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saiŋ²¹ piɔ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián-pò
    • Tâi-lô: tsián-pò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciefnpoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ po⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɤ²¹/

Verb

剪⫽布 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to cut cloth
2. (dialectal) to buy cloth
3. (HK politics) to cloture

Synonyms

• (to buy cloth):

Dialectal synonyms of 買布 (“to buy cloth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		買布
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	買布
	Taiwan	買布
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	截布, 買布
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	扯布
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扯布, 買布
	Wuhan	買布, 扯布, 撕布
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	買布
	Hefei	扯布, 買布
Cantonese	Guangzhou	剪布, 買布
	Hong Kong	買布
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	買布
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	買布
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	買布
	Yangjiang	買布, 剪布
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	買布
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	買布
Gan	Nanchang	扯布
Hakka	Meixian	剪布, 買布
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剪布
	Wengyuan	剪布
	Liannan	剪布
	Jiexi	剪布
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	剪布
	Changting	剪布
	Wuping (Yanqian)	剪布
	Ninghua	扯布
	Yudu	剪布
	Ningdu	剪布
	Tonggu (Sandu)	買布
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	剪布
	Dayu	剪布
	Hong Kong	剪布
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	買布
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	買布
	Xinyi (Sihe)	買布
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	剪布
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	剪布
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	剪布
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	剪布
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	剪布
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	剪布
	Luchuan	買布
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪布
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	剪布, 買布
Jin	Taiyuan	扯布, 買布
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉸布, 剪布
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	斷布, 鉸布, 買布
Southern Min	Xiamen	剪布, 鉸布, 買布
	Quanzhou	剪布
	Zhangzhou	剪布
	Tainan	剪布, 鉸布
	Chaozhou	鉸布, 買布
	Jieyang	鉸布
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鉸布
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鉸布
Wu	Suzhou	剪布, 買布
	Wenzhou	著布, 剪布
Xiang	Changsha	扯布
	Shuangfeng	扯布

See also

• (to cloture): 拉布 (“to filibuster”)