跋麻雀

Chinese

travel; walk sparrow, especially the tree sparrow
trad. (跋麻雀) 麻雀
simp. #(跋麻雀) 麻雀
alternative forms 博麻雀

Pronunciation

  • Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): buah7 ma2 cyorh6 / bua2 ma2 cyoeh6
  • Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍h-bâ-chhiok / poa̍h-mâ-chhiok / poa̍h-môa-chhiok / poa̍h-mâ-chhiak / poa̍h-môa-chhiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): buah8 mua5 ziaoh4

Verb

跋⫽麻雀 (verb-object)

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) to play mahjong

Synonyms

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), “博麻雀”, 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 68.