甲使

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (甲使)		甲	使

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah-sái

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-sái
    • Tâi-lô: kah-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahsae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/

Adverb

甲使

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) what need is there to; why does one need to

Synonyms

• 乜使 (Hokkien)
• 何乜苦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 何得苦 (Hokkien)
• 何必 (hébì)
• 何苦 (hékǔ)
• 何苦來／何苦来 (hékǔlái)
• 何須／何须 (héxū) (literary)
• 抑使 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 抑著 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 敢著／敢着 (Hokkien)
• 煞著 (Hokkien)
• 甲著／甲着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)