委瑣
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (委瑣) | 委 | 瑣 | |
| simp. (委琐) | 委 | 琐 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English whistle.
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi--so / úi-sò
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi--so
- Tâi-lô: huí--so
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-sò
- Tâi-lô: uí-sò
- Phofsit Daibuun: uysoix
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
委瑣
- (Hokkien) whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) referee; umpire