遏飲

Chinese

		to stop; check	drink
trad. (遏飲)		遏	飲
simp. (遏饮)		遏	饮

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): at-ám

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: at-ám
  - Tâi-lô: at-ám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: at'arm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /at̚³²⁻⁴ am⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /at̚⁵⁻²⁴ am⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /at̚³²⁻⁵ am⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /at̚³²⁻⁴ am⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /at̚³²⁻⁴ am⁴¹/

Verb

遏飲

(Hokkien) to drain rice water by pressing on the rice grains
1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to scoop off the scum on the surface while pressing down on rice grains with a ladle