揜尾

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Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	tail
simp. and trad. (揜尾)		揜	尾
alternative forms		挹尾

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iap-bé / iap-bér / iap-bóe

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bé
  - Tâi-lô: iap-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iapbea
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bér
  - Tâi-lô: iap-bér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: iap-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iapboea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iap̚³²⁻⁴ bue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚³²⁻⁵ bue⁵³/

Verb

揜尾

(Hokkien) to put the tail between legs (especially of a dog)

Derived terms

揜尾狗

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