拍拚

拍拚

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	stake all; disregard; reject
simp. and trad. (拍拚)		拍	拚
alternative forms		拍拼 拍摒 打拼 打拚 扑拼 拍拼 拍摒 打拼 打拚 扑拼 扑拚 打傾／打倾 發奮／发奋

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): phah-piàⁿ

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-piàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phah-piànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahpviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ piã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piã²¹/

Verb

拍拚

1. (Min Nan) to work diligently; to strive; to work hard

   • 伊的骨力拍拚，佇後來得著富貴。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     伊的骨力拍拚，伫后来得着富贵。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2006: Min Nan Wikipedia, Tân Kah-kiⁿ (Tan Kah Kee)

     I ê kut-la̍t phah-piàⁿ, tī āu--lâi tit-tio̍h hù-kùi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     He later amassed a fortune as a result of his hard work and persistence.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 拍拚

一力 (yīlì) 下力 (xiàlì) 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù) 出力 (chūlì) 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds) 力求 (lìqiú) 努力 (nǔlì) 勉力 (miǎnlì) 呵嘶呵嘶 (Xiang) 悉力 (xīlì) (literary) 打拼 (dǎpīn) 拼搏 (pīnbó) 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds) 用力 (yònglì) 竭力 (jiélì) 落力 (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan, Pinghua, Wenzhou)

不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì) 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary) 儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic) 力圖／力图 (lìtú) 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng) 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn) 巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional) 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary) 攢勁／攒劲 (Xiang) 極力／极力 (jílì) 殫力／殚力 (dānlì) 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì) 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì) 賣力／卖力 (màilì) 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)

See also

• 骨力 (kut-la̍t)

References

• The story behind phah-piàⁿ (in Mandarin)
• “Entry #4051”, 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.
• Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “拍拚”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 2, Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), OCLC 25747241, page 572