緣投

緣投

See also: 缘投

Chinese

		along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge	to throw; to send
trad. (緣投)		緣	投
simp. (缘投)		缘	投
alternative forms		嫣頭／嫣头 嫣投 沿投 艷投／艳投 英都 嫣頭／嫣头 嫣投 沿投 艷投／艳投 英都 英卓 鉛骰／铅骰
anagram		投緣／投缘

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-tàu / yàn-tàu
• Min Nan (POJ): iân-tâu

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-tàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ dauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² dau²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ tau̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-tàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ dauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² dau²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ tau̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-tâu
    • Tâi-lô: iân-tâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iendaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² tau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ tau²³/

Adjective

緣投

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) handsome

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 英俊 (“handsome”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		英俊, 帥氣
Mandarin	Taiwan	帥
	Jinan	帥
	Yangzhou	帥
	Malaysia	英俊
	Singapore	帥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚仔
	Hong Kong	靚仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	緣投
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	緣投
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	緣投
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	派頭, 緣投
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	緣投
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	緣投
	Singapore (Dabu)	緣投
Min Nan	Xiamen	緣投
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	緣投
	Quanzhou	緣投
	Anxi	緣投
	Zhangzhou	緣投, 燦頭, 燦才
	Tainan	緣投
	Penang (Hokkien)	緣投
	Singapore (Hokkien)	緣投
	Manila (Hokkien)	緣投
	Wenchang	帥
Wu	Shanghai	帥
Xiang	Changsha	帥

Descendants

• → Tagalog: yantaw

Noun

緣投

1. (Hokkien, dated) handsome young man; dandy
2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) male lover; paramour

Derived terms

搧緣投／搧缘投 緣投仔骨／缘投仔骨

緣投骨／缘投骨 設緣投／设缘投

References

• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #335”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• “Entry #11323”, 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.
• 劉建仁 (2011-05-17), “緣投（ienˊ-tauˊ）──英俊、帥”, in 台灣話的語源與理據‎ (in Chinese), retrieved 2015-10-06