跤梢間仔
Chinese
| dead epidermis particles of the sole of the foot | small room | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (跤梢間仔) | 跤梢 | 間仔 | |
| simp. (跤梢间仔) | 跤梢 | 间仔 | |
| alternative forms | |||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha-sau-keng-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha-sau-keng-á
- Tâi-lô: kha-sau-king-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: qasau'keng'ar
- IPA (Taipei, Tainan, Yilan): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² sau⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan)
Noun
跤梢間仔
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) brothel; whorehouse
- 1973, “阿爸的話”, 林秋標 (lyrics), 高藝峰 (music)[1]performed by 郭大誠:
- 脚巢間仔你不通行。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- Kha-sau-keng-á lí m̄-thang kiâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Don't you visit brothels.
脚巢间仔你不通行。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
- 個中 / 个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
- 勾欄 / 勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
- 半開門 / 半开门 (5poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
- 嚮導社 / 向导社 (5shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
- 妓樓 / 妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
- 妓院 (jìyuàn)
- 妓館 / 妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
- 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
- 娼樓 / 娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
- 娼門 / 娼门 (chāngmén)
- 書寓 / 书寓 (1sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
- 煙花間 / 烟花间 (1i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
- 窯 / 窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
- 窯子 / 窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
- 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
- 青樓 / 青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)
Dialectal synonyms of 妓院 (“brothel”) [map]