欲知

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (欲知)		欲	知
alternative forms		要知

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-chai / berh-chai / boeh-chai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-chai
    • Tâi-lô: beh-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: behzay
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: berh-chai
    • Tâi-lô: berh-tsai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə(ʔ)⁵ t͡sai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boeh-chai
    • Tâi-lô: bueh-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boehzay
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Conjunction

欲知

1. (Hokkien) if I had known that