找尾

Chinese

		to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return	tail
simp. and trad. (找尾)		找	尾

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zao³ bue³

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zao³ bue³ [Phonetic: zao⁵ ue³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)uei⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zao³ bue³ [Phonetic: zao⁵ bhue³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau³³²⁻²¹ ^(p-)βuei³³²/

Noun

找尾

1. (Puxian Min) to give change

Synonyms

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• 唱散 (coeng³ saan²) (Cantonese)
• 找贖 / 找赎 (zaau² zuk⁶) (Cantonese)
• 找錢 / 找钱 (zhǎoqián)
• 找錢尾 / 找钱尾 (Puxian Min)
• 找零 (zhǎolíng)
• 拄錢 / 拄钱 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 矺錢 / 矺钱 (Leizhou Min)
• 贖錢 / 赎钱 (zuk⁶ cin^4-2) (Cantonese)

References

• 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), “找尾”, 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 570.