踅踅唸

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg	to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg	read aloud
trad. (踅踅唸)		踅	踅	唸
simp. (踅踅念)		踅	踅	念
alternative forms		㴙㴙唸／㴙㴙念碎碎唸／碎碎念

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍h-se̍h-liām

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-se̍h-liām
  - Tâi-lô: se̍h-se̍h-liām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seqseqliam
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ se(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liam³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ se(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ liam³³/

Verb

踅踅唸

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to chatter or jabber on and on (endlessly, ceaselessly)

Synonyms

喋喋不休 (diédiébùxiū)

Descendants

→ Mandarin: 碎碎念 (suìsuìniàn)

References

“踅踅唸”, 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.