踅金龜

Chinese

		to walk around; turn back midway; walk with one leg	golden turtle; turtle-shaped handle on a golden seal, or the golden seal itself
trad. (踅金龜)		踅	金龜
simp. (踅金龟)		踅	金龟

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍h-kim-ku

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍h-kim-ku
    • Tâi-lô: se̍h-kim-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seqkimkw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/

Verb

踅金龜

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go the long way round; to detour
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat about the bush; to hum and haw

Synonyms

• 繞彎子／绕弯子 (rào wānzi)
• (Hokkien) 踅圈, 踅玲瑯／踅玲琅, 踅金龜遨／踅金龟遨