抾囝

Chinese

			child
simp. and trad. (抾囝)		抾	囝
variant forms		拾囝

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): khioh-káⁿ / khioh-kiáⁿ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khioh-káⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khioh-kánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioihkvar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio(ʔ)⁵ kã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khioh-kiáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khioh-kiánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioihkviar
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiã⁴¹/

Verb

抾囝

(Min Nan) to deliver a newborn child; to practice midwifery
(Mainland China Hokkien) to give birth (to a child)

Synonyms

(to deliver a newborn child): 接生 (jiēshēng), 助產／助产 (zhùchǎn); (dated) 收生 (shōushēng); (Min Nan) 抾囡仔
(to give birth): 生孩子, 分娩 (fēnmiǎn), 生產／生产 (shēngchǎn); (Cantonese) 生仔; (Min Nan) 生囝, 生囡仔, 生嬰仔／生婴仔, 抾囡仔

Derived terms

抾囝姐

抾囝母

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