委瑣

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (委瑣)		委	瑣
simp. (委琐)		委	琐

Etymology

Borrowed from English whistle.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): húi--so / úi-sò

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi--so
  - Tâi-lô: huí--so
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-sò
  - Tâi-lô: uí-sò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uysoix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so²¹/

Noun

委瑣

(Min Nan) whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) referee; umpire

Synonyms

(whistle): 哨子 (shàozi); (Min Nan) 觱仔, 觱觱仔
(referee): 裁判員／裁判员 (cáipànyuán), 裁判 (cáipàn), 裁判官 (cáipànguān)

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