軟汫

軟汫

See also: 软汫

Chinese

		soft; flexible
trad. (軟汫)		軟	汫
simp. (软汫)		软	汫
alternative forms		軟孱／软孱 軟𩟗／软𫗚 軟弱／软弱 軟整／软整

Pronunciation

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): nńg-chiáⁿ / núi-chiáⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng² zian²

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg-chiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: nńg-tsiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngfcviar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: núi-chiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: nuí-tsiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nuycviar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nuĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiã⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: neng² zian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng tsiáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sĩã⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

軟汫

1. (Min Nan) physically weak; feeble

   • 有食脚骨袂軟汫　今着開步閣再行 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     有食脚骨袂软汫　今着开步阁再行 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1936, 特編英臺出世新歌下

     ū chia̍h kha-kut bōe nńg-chiáⁿ, taⁿ tio̍h khui-pō͘ koh-chài kiâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Having eaten, the legs won't be weak; now [I] must make big strides and walk again

2. (Hokkien, of a person) emotionally weak; delicate

   • 恁攏了解我會掩崁我的軟汫 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     恁拢了解我会掩崁我的软汫 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 茄子蛋 [EggPlantEgg], 浪流連 [Waves Wandering]

     lín lóng liáu-kái góa ē am-khàm góa ê nńg-chiáⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And y'all know how I tuck away my lows and woes

Further reading

• “Entry #7960”, 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.