踩街

Chinese

		step upon; tread on; stamp	street
simp. and trad. (踩街)		踩	街

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎijiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): cai⁴ ge¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-ke / chhái-koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎijiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎijie
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-chieh¹
    • Yale: tsǎi-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaejie
    • Palladius: цайцзе (cajcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cai⁴ ge¹ [Phonetic: cai¹ e¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)e⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-ke / chhái-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tshái-ke / tshái-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'kef, zhay'koef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/, /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/

Verb

踩街

1. to march (e.g. of a band)
2. (Putian Puxian Min) a traditional folk celebration during festivals like the Lantern Festival, where people come together spontaneously to sing, dance, and celebrate

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), “踩街”, 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 73.