拑棺

Chinese

		pliers; pincers; to clamp	coffin
simp. and trad. (拑棺)		拑	棺
alternative forms		鉗棺／钳棺扲棺擒棺𫼹棺

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khîⁿ-koan

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîⁿ-koan
  - Tâi-lô: khînn-kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvi'koafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰĩ¹³⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /kʰĩ²⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰĩ²³⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/

Verb

拑棺

(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to grab the coffin being carried out for a funeral procession with one's hand to stop it from leaving the door (of a mourning son to show that he is reluctant to leave his loved one go)