捍在

捍在

Chinese

		ward off (a blow)	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad. (捍在)		捍	在
alternative forms		扞在

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hōaⁿ-chǎi / hōaⁿ-chāi

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōaⁿ-chǎi
    • Tâi-lô: huānn-tsǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huã⁴¹⁻²² t͡sai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōaⁿ-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: huānn-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaxzai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huã²²⁻²¹ t͡sai²²/

Verb

捍在

1. (Min Nan) to firmly grasp (of the hand)