干焦

干焦

Chinese

		to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem	burnt; scorched; worried burnt; scorched; worried; anxious
simp. and trad. (干焦)		干	焦
variant forms		干但 乾焦 干單／干单 干乾／干干

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): kan-ta / kan-na / kan-taⁿ / kan-nā

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-ta
    • Tâi-lô: kan-ta
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kandaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ta⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ ta³³/
    • IPA (Penang): /kan³³⁻²¹ ta³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-na
    • Tâi-lô: kan-na
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kannaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-taⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kandvaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-nā
    • Tâi-lô: kan-nā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanna
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ nã³³/

Adverb

干焦

(Min Nan)

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan) only; merely
2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Penang) in vain; for no reason
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) contrarily; insistently; stubbornly

Synonyms

• (only): 只 (zhǐ), 僅僅／仅仅 (jǐnjǐn)
• (in vain): 徒然 (túrán); (Min Nan) 干白
• (contrarily): 偏偏 (piānpiān)

Adjective

干焦

(Min Nan)

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou) dry; without or with little moisture