四腳仔

四腳仔

Chinese

		four	role; foot; base	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (四腳仔)		四	腳	仔
simp. (四脚仔)		四	脚	仔
variant forms		四跤仔 Min Nan

Etymology

From Min Nan 四跤仔.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìjiǎozǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄞˇ

• Min Nan (POJ): sì-kha-á

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sìjiǎozǎi [Phonetic: sìjiáozǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjeautzae
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kha-á
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kha-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'qa'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

四腳仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) frog
2. (Taiwan, dated, figuratively, offensive) Japanese people