捱稽

Chinese

		dawdle; suffer	bow to the ground; inspect; check
trad. (捱稽)		捱	稽
simp. #(捱稽)		捱	稽

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ôe-khoe / ê-khoe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ôe-khoe
    • Tâi-lô: uê-khue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oe'qoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ê-khoe
    • Tâi-lô: ê-khue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: e'qoef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e¹³⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴/

Verb

捱稽

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to become angry and spoiled (of a child)

Synonyms

• (to delay):

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to delay”):

• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)