腥臊

腥臊

Chinese

Etymology 1

		fishy (smell)	bashfulness; smell of urine
trad. (腥臊)		腥	臊
simp. #(腥臊)		腥	臊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngsāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seng¹ sou¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiⁿ-chho / chheⁿ-chho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngsāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singsao
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-sao¹
    • Yale: syīng-sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingsau
    • Palladius: синсао (sinsao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seng¹ sou¹
    • Yale: sēng sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: seng¹ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séng¹ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːŋ⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chho
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tsho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizhoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ t͡sʰo³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chho
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-tsho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

Noun

腥臊

1. stench

Etymology 2

		fishy (smell)	bashfulness; smell of urine
trad. (腥臊)		腥	臊
simp. #(腥臊)		腥	臊
alternative forms		青臊 差操

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chhe-chhau / chheⁿ-chhau / chhiⁿ-chhau

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-chhau
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhezhaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chhau
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhaw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chhau
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizhaw
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/

Adjective

腥臊

1. (Hokkien) abundant; sumptuous

References

• “Entry #9997”, 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.