吹牙簫
Chinese
to blow; blast; puff to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure |
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| trad. (吹牙簫) | 吹 | 牙簫 | |
| simp. (吹牙箫) | 吹 | 牙箫 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
吹⫽牙簫 (verb-object)
- (Changting Hakka) to whistle (to produce a whistling sound)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 吹口哨 (“to whistle”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吹口哨 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吹口哨 |
| Singapore | 吹口哨 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打哨子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 吹口哨 |
| Taishan | 吹口雞 | |
| Hakka | Changting | 吹牙簫 |
| Yudu | 吹口哨 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打哨子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歕喙觱仔 |
| Zhangzhou | 歕喙觱仔 | |
| Taipei | 呼噓仔 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 呼噓仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 呼噓仔 | |
| Yilan | 呼噓仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 呼噓噓仔 | |
| Taichung | 呼噓噓仔, 呼噓仔 | |
| Tainan | 呼噓仔, 呼觱仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 呼噓仔 | |
| Kinmen | 歕喙觱 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 呼噓噓 | |
| Puning | 歕觱囝 | |
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “吹牙箫”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 86.