搭訕

See also: 搭讪

Chinese

		to touch, to join	to ridicule
trad. (搭訕)		搭	訕
simp. (搭讪)		搭	讪
alternative forms		搭赸 答訕／答讪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap³ saan³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dah⁴ sang¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷taq ¹se; ⁷taq-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dashàn
    • Wade–Giles: ta¹-shan⁴
    • Yale: dā-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dashann
    • Palladius: дашань (dašanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap³ saan³
    • Yale: daap saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁸ saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab³ san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚³ saːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dah⁴ sang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tah sang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taʔ²⁻⁴ saŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷taq ¹se; ⁷taq-se
    • MiniDict: tah^入 se^平; tah^入 se
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴taq ¹se; ⁴taq-se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /taʔ⁴⁴  se⁵³/, /taʔ³³ se⁴⁴/

Verb

搭訕

1. to try to strike up a conversation
2. to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
3. (neologism) to hit on someone; to pick up

Synonyms

• (Wu) 搭訕頭／搭讪头