Thursday, 8 September 2022

characters 跋 and 拔

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the two characters and 

Mui3 mui3 mui3

There is no encoded character for mui3 and it could be represented by [/] or [勿|畏]

mui3’s meaning is main3 uin勿畏 which is “do not be afraid”

 

nou5gian2 buah8 dua7

孥囝跋

Children will fall and grow up.

 

buah8

to fall

buêg8siab8

跋涉

Teochew City

buag8siab8

跋涉

Swatow

to trek, to trudge - to walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

buêg8suan1siab8zui2

跋山涉水

Teochew City

buag8suan1siab8zui2

跋山涉水

Swatow

to track over land and mountains and to wade over rivers; to travel over land and water (an idiom)

Mandarin: 翻山越嶺趟水過河

buah8loh8ke3

跋落去

to fall down

buah8 sêng3buê1

跋聖杯|跋圣杯

 

This is similar to the Mandarin chou'qian 抽籤 and is a form of divination using moon blocks, where one block is flat and another block is round.

 

buêg8miao5so6ziang2 [Teochew City]

buag8miao5so6ziang2 [Swatow]

拔苗助長拔苗助长

to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (an idiom)

 

suêng2buêg8

選拔|选拔

Teochew City

suang2buag8

選拔|选拔

Swatow

to select the best

buêg8cao2

拔草

to pull out weeds

We normally say as mang2cao2

mang2cao2

挽草

to pull out weeds

boih8dag8

拔毒

to draw out pus by applying a plaster to an infected wound

boih8 hue2 guêng3

拔火罐

Teochew City

boih8 hue2 guang3

拔火罐

Swatow

cupping glass, fire cupping - acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin use in TCM

buah8tang2

拔桶

用于提取井水的工具

buah8tang2

拔桶

打水桶

A bucket use for drawing water from a well.

 


  




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