欱價

Chinese

			price; value; valence (on an atom) price; value; valence (on an atom); great; good; middleman; servant
trad. (欱價)		欱	價
simp. (欱价)		欱	价

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hap-kè / hap-kèe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hap-kè
    • Tâi-lô: hap-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hapkex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚³²⁻⁴ ke²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hap-kèe
    • Tâi-lô: hap-kèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚³²⁻⁵ kɛ²¹/

Verb

欱價

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to deliberately state a high price (in order to sneakily make a lot of money)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bargain or haggle the price down; to slash the price

Synonyms

• (to bargain or haggle): 殺價／杀价 (shājià)

References

• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “欱价”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 573.