欲汰討

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to discard; to eliminate; too	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
trad. (欲汰討)		欲	汰	討
simp. (欲汰讨)		欲	汰	讨
alternative forms		要汰討／要汰讨

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-thài-thó

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-thài-thó
    • Tâi-lô: beh-thài-thó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: behtae'toir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰo⁵³/

Adverb

欲汰討

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, used in rhetorical questions) how could (one possibly); how is (it possible)

Synonyms

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• 哪能 (nǎnéng)
• 安能 (ānnéng) (literary)
• 怎能 (zěnnéng)
• 抑會使／抑会使 (Hokkien)
• 抑通 (Hokkien)
• 欲汰 (Hokkien)
• 甲通 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 豈可／岂可 (qǐkě) (literary)
• 豈能／岂能 (qǐnéng) (literary)