滾蛟龍

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	jiaolong
trad. (滾蛟龍)		滾	蛟龍
simp. (滚蛟龙)		滚	蛟龙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kún-ká-lêng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún-ká-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: kún-ká-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwnkafleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

滾蛟龍

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to have a tsunami; to have a tidal wave

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海嘯 (“tsunami”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海嘯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	海嘯
Mandarin	Singapore	海嘯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	海嘯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海亂
Southern Min	Xiamen	海漲, 滾蛟龍 verb, 起蛟龍 verb
	Quanzhou	海漲
	Leizhou	海吼