褲襪

Chinese

		drawers; trousers; pants	socks; stockings
trad. (褲襪)		褲	襪
simp. (裤袜)		裤	袜
anagram		襪褲／袜裤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùwà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄨㄚˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kou⁴ bue²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘-be̍rh / khò͘-be̍h / khò͘-boe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùwà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùwà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-wa⁴
    • Yale: kù-wà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhwah
    • Palladius: кува (kuva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ wä⁵¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kou⁴ bue²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔu⁴² puei¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kou⁴ bue² [Phonetic: kou¹ bue²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔu⁴²⁻⁵⁵ puei¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-be̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-be̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-be̍h
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-be̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qorbeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ beʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-boe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-bue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qorboeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bueʔ¹²¹/

Noun

褲襪

1. pantyhose; tights

   Synonym: 連褲襪 / 连裤袜 (liánkùwà)

2. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) infant's pants with bootees attached

Synonyms

• 連腳褲／连脚裤 (liánjiǎokù)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “裤袜”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 334.