溪囝

Chinese

creek child
trad. (溪囝)
simp. #(溪囝)

Pronunciation

  • Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ke1 gyor3 / ke1 gyann3

  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ke1 gyor3 [Phonetic: ke5 yor3]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ka̤-giô̤ⁿ
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰe⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ke1 gyann3 [Phonetic: ke5 yann3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰe⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (k-)ỹã³³²/

Noun

溪囝

  1. (Puxian Min) creek; stream; brook

Synonyms

  • 圳溝仔 / 圳沟仔 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
  • 坑子 (Zhao'an Hakka)
  • 小溪 (xiǎoxī)
  • 溪仔 (Hokkien)
  • 細溝仔 / 细沟仔 (Southern Sixian Hakka)

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “溪囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 316.