滾絞

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist hang (a criminal); to turn; to twist; to wind
trad. (滾絞)		滾	絞
simp. (滚绞)		滚	绞
anagram		絞滾／绞滚

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kún-ká

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún-ká
    • Tâi-lô: kún-ká
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwnkar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

滾絞

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to seethe; to churn; to rumble (as of an upset stomach, etc.)

   我的腹肚規日咧滾絞，毋知影食著啥物。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   我的腹肚规日咧滚绞，毋知影食着啥物。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa ê pak-tó͘ kui-li̍t le̍h kún-ká, m̄ chai-iáⁿ chia̍h tio̍h siáⁿ-mi̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   My stomach rumbled all day, I don't know what I had eaten.

   • 一粒海沙跟著海水滾絞 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     一粒海沙跟着海水滚绞 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2008, 詹雅雯, 漂浪的海沙

     chi̍t lia̍p hái-soa tòe-tio̍h hái-chúi kún-ká [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     a grain of sand churns along with seawater

2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to noisily play around (of children, young men, etc.)
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to rapidly increase (of one's investment, money, etc.)

Synonyms

• (to seethe): 翻騰／翻腾 (fānténg); (Hokkien) 絞滾／绞滚
• (to noisily play around): (Hokkien) 絞滾／绞滚