蹺跤

Chinese

		raise one's foot	bones of leg; wrestle
trad. (蹺跤)		蹺	跤
simp. (跷跤)		跷	跤
alternative forms		蹺骹／跷骹 蹺腳／跷脚

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiau-kha

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiau-kha
    • Tâi-lô: khiau-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiau'qaf
    • IPA (Penang): /kʰiau³³⁻²¹ kʰa³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /kʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore, Kinmen): /kʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/

Verb

蹺跤

1. (Hokkien) to sit with one foot raised up on a chair, or resting on the other leg's thigh forming a triangle shape.
2. (Hokkien) to sit idly; to while away the time.

References

• A Dictionary of Singlish - http://www.mysmu.edu/