起楞

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	corner; square beam
trad. (起楞)		起	楞
simp. #(起楞)		起	楞

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-lēng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-lēng
    • Tâi-lô: khí-līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qyleng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/

Noun

起楞

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, medicine) bubonic plague
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative, derogatory) used to call a contemptible person

Synonyms

• (bubonic plague): 腺鼠疫 (xiànshǔyì); (Hokkien) 起楞仔症