縒目尾

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Chinese

			lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye
trad. (縒目尾)		縒	目尾
simp. (𬘷目尾)		𬘷	目尾
alternative forms		擮目尾

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍h-ba̍k-bóe

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍h-ba̍k-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: tsua̍h-ba̍k-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoaqbagboea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³/

Verb

縒目尾

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to look sidelong or askance; to look sideways
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to tip somebody the wink; to wink at somebody; to give someone a meaningful glance

Synonyms

(to look sidelong or askance): 瞟 (piǎo)
(to tip somebody the wink): 使眼色 (shǐ yǎnsè), 做眼色 (zuò yǎnsè); (Hokkien, Teochew) 使目色, 使目尾, 𥍉目／𱳅目

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