四四角角
Chinese
| four | four | horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note |
horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note | ||
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| trad. (四四角角) | 四 | 四 | 角 | 角 | |
| simp. #(四四角角) | 四 | 四 | 角 | 角 | |
| AABB-type reduplication of 四角 (sì-kak). | |||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-sì-kak-kak
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sì-kak-kak
- Tâi-lô: sì-sì-kak-kak
- Phofsit Daibuun: siesie'kakkag
- IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ si¹¹⁻⁵³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹⁻⁵³ kak̚³²⁻⁵ kak̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ si²¹⁻⁴¹ kak̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹⁻⁵³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ kak̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
Adjective
四四角角
- (Hokkien, literal) very square; very quadrilateral
- (Hokkien, figurative) very rigid; very inflexible in following rules; very inflexibly observant with the rules
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 四角角 (sì-kak-kak)
See also
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) 四角砣 (sì-kak-tô)