擱淺

Chinese

		to place	shallow; sound of moving water
trad. (擱淺)		擱	淺
simp. (搁浅)		搁	浅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ cin²
• Gan (Wiktionary): goh⁶ 'qien³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koh-chhián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goh⁴ ciang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸goq-chi; ⁸goq ⁵chi; ⁷koq-chi; ⁷koq ⁵chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: geciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-chʻien³
    • Yale: gē-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gechean
    • Palladius: гэцянь (gɛcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ cin²
    • Yale: gok chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ t͡sʰiːn³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: goh⁶ 'qien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔʔ⁵ ˈt͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh-chhián
    • Tâi-lô: koh-tshián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koihchiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goh⁴ ciang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koh tshiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸goq-chi; ⁸goq ⁵chi; ⁷koq-chi; ⁷koq ⁵chi
    • MiniDict: goh^入 chi; goh^入 chi^去; koh^入 chi; koh^入 chi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵goq-qi; ⁵goq ²qi; ⁴koq-qi; ⁴koq ²qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡoʔ¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²³/, /ɡoʔ²²  t͡ɕʰi³⁴/, /koʔ³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/, /koʔ⁴⁴  t͡ɕʰi³⁴/

Verb

擱⫽淺 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to run aground; to be stranded

   • 鹽船擱了淺了！我們快幫他去起撥！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     盐船搁了浅了！我们快帮他去起拨！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Yán chuán gē le qiǎn le! Wǒmen kuài bāng tā qù qǐbō! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to reach a deadlock; to run into difficulties and stop

   • 搿樁事體現在擱淺辣海。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     搿桩事体现在搁浅辣海。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 38

     ⁸geq-tsaon ⁶zy-thi ⁶yi-ze ⁸geq-chi ⁸laq-he [Wugniu]

     This problem is now in a deadlock.

Synonyms

• (to run aground):

Dialectal synonyms of 擱淺 (“to run aground; to be stranded”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		擱淺
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	擱淺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炕沙
	Dongguan	炕沙
Gan	Nanchang	擱淺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𣹇淺
Southern Min	Xiamen	𣹇淺, 靠淺, 𣹇線
	Quanzhou	𣹇淺, 靠淺
	Zhangzhou	𣹇淺, 靠淺
	Tainan	𣹇線, 靠線
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	擱灘
Wu	Shanghai	擱淺
	Ningbo	擱沙
	Wenzhou	擱臀