帶膭

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tòa-kūi

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòa-kūi
  - Tâi-lô: tuà-kuī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doarkui
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua²¹⁻⁴¹ kui³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua¹¹⁻⁵³ kui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²¹⁻⁵³ kui²²/

Verb

帶⫽膭 (verb-object)

(Hokkien) to be pregnant

Usage notes

In Xiamen, it is usually used for animals, but it could also be used humorously for people.

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

妊娠
孕育 (yùnyù)
懷孕／怀孕 (huáiyùn)
懷胎／怀胎 (huáitāi)
有了 (yǒu le) (euphemism)
有喜 (yǒuxǐ) (euphemism)
有身 (yǒushēn) (literary)
身懷六甲／身怀六甲
重身子 (zhòngshēnzi)

References

“Entry #7222”, 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., 2023.

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