拍拚

1. (Southern Min) to work diligently; to strive; to work hard
   • 1998, “山頂黑狗兄”‎performed by 庾澄慶 [Harlem Yu]:

     透早到晚真打拼 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     thàu chá kàu mńg chin phah-piàⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Truly working hard from dawn to dusk

2. (Hokkien, archaic) to fight for life or death; to risk it all on one venture (as in battle, feud, or trade, which if lost, all is ruined)

• 骨力 (kut-la̍t)
• 拍平 (phah-phiâⁿ)

• “拍拚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “打傾”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 572
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “phah-piàⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 370; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 370