踅金龜遨
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg | golden turtle; turtle-shaped handle on a golden seal, or the golden seal itself | make excursion; ramble; travel | ||
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trad. (踅金龜遨) | 踅 | 金龜 | 遨 | |
simp. (踅金龟遨) | 踅 | 金龟 | 遨 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-kim-ku-gô
- Tâi-lô: se̍h-kim-ku-gô
- Phofsit Daibuun: seqkimku'gooi
- IPA (Xiamen): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
[edit]踅金龜遨
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to go the long way round; to detour
- (Xiamen Hokkien, figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw