敲更

Chinese

		extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
simp. and trad. (敲更)		敲	更

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khà-kiⁿ / khà-keⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khà-kiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khà-kinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarkvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa²¹⁻⁵³ kĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khà-keⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khà-kenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarkvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰa²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

敲更

1. (Southern Min) to sound the night watches

Synonyms

• 打更 (dǎgēng)
• (Teochew) 拍更

Derived terms

• 敲更的