止枵

Chinese

		to stop; prohibit; till	empty; hollow of a tree
simp. and trad. (止枵)		止	枵

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-iau

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-iau
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-iau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyiaw
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iau⁴⁴/

Verb

止⫽枵 (verb-object)

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to appease one's hunger

Synonyms

• 充飢／充饥 (chōngjī)
• 解飢／解饥
• (Hokkien) 止飢／止饥, 治枵