尪仔

Chinese

		feeble; lame	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (尪仔)		尪	仔
alternative forms		尫仔翁仔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ang-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ang-á
  - Tâi-lô: ang-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ang'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

尪仔

(Hokkien) human figure (made of mud, wood, etc.)
(Hokkien) drawing; picture

Synonyms

(human figure): (Hokkien) 人仔
(drawing): 圖畫／图画 (túhuà)

Derived terms

塗尪仔 / 涂尪仔
尪仔仁
尪仔冊 / 尪仔册 (ang-á-chheh)
尪仔書 / 尪仔书
尪仔標 / 尪仔标
尪仔物
尪仔面
尪仔頭 / 尪仔头
捏麵尪仔 / 捏面尪仔
摺尪仔 / 折尪仔
柴頭尪仔 / 柴头尪仔
畫尪仔 / 画尪仔
畫糖尪仔 / 画糖尪仔
跤尪仔

Further reading

“尪仔”, 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.