搭棚

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Chinese

build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang
build (scaffolding); take (boat, train); hang; join; match; take passage
 
 shed
trad. (搭棚) 搭 棚
simp. #(搭棚) 搭 棚

Pronunciation

Verb

搭⫽棚 (verb-object)

  1. to erect (construct, build) a matshed
  2. (Hong Kong) to erect scaffolding
  3. (Cantonese, figuratively) to set up an elaborate scam or fraud scheme

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to erect a matshed, to erect scaffolding”): 拆棚 (chāipéng)
  • (to set up an elaborate scam or fraud scheme): 雞棚／鸡棚 (gai1 paang4)

References

  • W. Lobscheid (1871) 漢英字典 A Chinese and English Dictionary, page 188
  • D. MacGillivray (1907) 華英成語合璧字集 A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese, page 712
  • R. S. Maclay, C. C. Baldwin (1929) Samuel H. Leger, editor, Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect, page 414
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “搭棚”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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