敲碗

Chinese

		extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit	bowl; cup
trad. (敲碗)		敲	碗
simp. #(敲碗)		敲	碗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāowǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ ㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāowǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciaowǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹-wan³
    • Yale: chyāu-wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiauwoan
    • Palladius: цяовань (cjaovanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

敲碗

1. (literally) to knock the bowl (with chopsticks, etc.)
2. (chiefly Taiwan, figurative, neologism, slang, especially of fans) to anxiously wait for something to occur