牆腳

牆腳

See also: 墙脚

Chinese

		wall	role; foot; base
trad. (牆腳)		牆	腳
simp. (墙脚)		墙	脚
variant forms		牆骹／墙骹 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ goek³
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiûⁿ-kha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: qiángjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjeau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 牆腳／墙脚 牆角／墙角

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiángjiǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjeaul
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ goek³
    • Yale: chèuhng geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ gêg³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ kœ̽ːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ-kha
    • Tâi-lô: tshiûnn-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviu'qaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/

Noun

牆腳

1. foot of a wall
2. (figuratively) foundation; backbone

Derived terms

打牆腳／打墙脚 拆牆腳／拆墙脚

挖牆腳／挖墙脚 (wāqiángjiǎo) 撬牆腳／撬墙脚

Synonyms

• (foot of a wall): 牆根／墙根 (qiánggēn); (Min Nan) 厝跤