間仔
Chinese
interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word) |
minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (間仔) | 間 | 仔 | |
| simp. (间仔) | 间 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-á / kan-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-á
- Tâi-lô: king-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: keng'ar
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-á
- Tâi-lô: kan-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: kan'ar
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
間仔
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) small room (usually piled with bits and pieces of firewood)
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) brothel; whorehouse
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) public affairs office of a village
Synonyms
- (brothel):
Dialectal synonyms of 妓院 (“brothel”) [map]