jiak-kuh
Min Nan
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese チャック (chakku, “zipper”), from the chaku of Japanese 巾着 (kinchaku, “Japanese traditional bag”).
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiak-kuh
- Tâi-lô: jiak-kuh
- Phofsit Daibuun: jiakkuq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑiak̚³²⁻⁴ kuʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑiak̚³²⁻⁴ kuʔ³²/
Noun
jiak-kuh (POJ)
- (Taiwan) zipper
Synonyms
- (Min Nan) 挩鏈／捝链, 挩鏈仔／捝链仔
Dialectal synonyms of 拉鏈 (“zipper”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拉鏈, 拉鎖 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 拉鏈兒 |
| Taiwan | 拉鏈 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 拉鏈兒, 拉鎖兒 | |
| Guilin | 拉鏈 | |
| Singapore | 拉鏈 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拉鏈 |
| Hong Kong | 拉鏈 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 拉鏈, 拉鎖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 拉鏈 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 拉鏈, 跡古 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 拉鏈, 跡古 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 拉鏈, 跡古 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 拉鏈, 跡古 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 拉鏈, 跡古 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 拉鏈, 跡古 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 拉機 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 挩鏈 |
| Quanzhou | 挩鏈 | |
| Zhangzhou | 挩鏈 | |
| Taipei | jiá-khuh | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 拉鏈 | |
| Kaohsiung | jiak-kuh | |
| Yilan | jiak-khuh | |
| Taichung | chiak-kuh | |
| Tainan | jiak-kuh | |
| Hsinchu | chiak-kuh | |
| Kinmen | 挩鏈 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | jiá-kuh | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 挩鏈 | |
| Shantou | 拉鏈 | |
| Wu | Danyang | 拉鏈 |
References
- “Entry #31053”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.