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牆腳

牆腳

See also: 墙脚

Chinese

		wall	role; foot; base
trad. (牆腳)		牆	腳
simp. (墙脚)		墙	脚
alt. forms		牆骹／墙骹 Min

Noun

牆腳

foot of a wall
(figuratively) foundation; backbone

Derived terms

打牆腳／打墙脚
拆牆腳／拆墙脚

挖牆腳／挖墙脚 (wāqiángjiǎo)
撬牆腳／撬墙脚

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiángjiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ goek³
Min Nan (POJ): chhiûⁿ-kha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qiángjiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjeau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    牆腳／墙脚
    牆角／墙角
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiángjiǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjeaul
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjaʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ goek³
  - Yale: chèuhng geuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ goek⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹ kœːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ-kha
  - Tâi-lô: tshiûnn-kha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviu'qaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻²² kʰa³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ¹³⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴/