秤錘沬

Chinese

		steelyard; steel yard; scales	to hammer; weight of steel yard	dawn; place name
trad. (秤錘沬)		秤	錘	沬
simp. (秤锤沬)		秤	锤	沬

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-thûi-bī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-thûi-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tshìn-thuî-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chientui'bi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰui²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui²⁴⁻²² bi²²/

Verb

秤錘沬

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, dated) to dive; to go under water

Synonyms

• 潛水／潜水 (qiánshuǐ)
• (Eastern Min, Teochew) 沬水
• (Hokkien) 沉沬, 鑽水沬／钻水沬, 倀沬／伥沬, 踮水沬, 藏水沬, 降水沬
• (Xiang) 𩑦沕子, 射沕子