釘孤枝

Chinese

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trad. (釘孤枝)		釘	孤枝
simp. (钉孤枝)		钉	孤枝

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tèng-ko͘-ki

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng-ko͘-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tìng-koo-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deangko'ky
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Verb

釘孤枝

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pick a person to fight one-to-one

References

• “釘孤枝”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.