捍鼎

捍鼎

Chinese

		ward off (a blow)	ancient bronze cauldron; throne; (Min) wok
simp. and trad. (捍鼎)		捍	鼎
variant forms		扞鼎

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hōaⁿ-tiáⁿ

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōaⁿ-tiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huānn-tiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaxdviar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huã²²⁻²¹ tiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huã⁴¹⁻²² tiã⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

捍鼎

1. (Min Nan) to be in charge of the cooking; to be the chef

Synonyms

• 掌勺 (zhǎngsháo)
• 掌廚／掌厨 (zhǎngchú)
• 掌灶 (zhǎngzào)
• (Min Nan) 徛鼎, 捍鼎灶