踢館

踢館

Chinese

		kick; play (football or soccer)	house; establishment
trad. (踢館)		踢	館
simp. (踢馆)		踢	馆

Etymology

Originally Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tek³ gun²
• Min Nan (POJ): that-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tīguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tigoan
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tek³ gun²
    • Yale: tek gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tek⁸ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tég³ gun²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːk̚³ kuːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: that-koán
    • Tâi-lô: that-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tatkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰat̚³²⁻⁵ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰat̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁴¹/

Verb

踢館

1. (martial arts) to openly challenge another master at their martial arts club and demand a fair fight
2. (figuratively, in general) to openly challenge someone renowned; to challenge someone to a competition (as an outsider); to throw down the gauntlet