委瑣

委瑣

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (委瑣)		委	瑣
simp. (委琐)		委	琐

Etymology

Borrowed from English whistle.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): húi--so / úi-sò

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi--so
    • Tâi-lô: huí--so
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-sò
    • Tâi-lô: uí-sò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uysoix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so²¹/

Noun

委瑣

1. (Min Nan) whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) referee; umpire

Synonyms

• (whistle): 哨子 (shàozi); (Min Nan) 觱仔, 觱觱仔; (Xiang) 叫珠子
• (referee): 裁判員／裁判员 (cáipànyuán), 裁判 (cáipàn), 裁判官 (cáipànguān)