四腳仔

Chinese

		four	role; foot; base	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (四腳仔)		四	腳	仔
simp. (四脚仔)		四	脚	仔
variant forms		四跤仔 Min Nan

Etymology

From Min Nan 四跤仔.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìjiǎozǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄞˇ
Min Nan (POJ): sì-kha-á

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sìjiǎozǎi [Phonetic: sìjiáozǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjeautzae
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kha-á
  - Tâi-lô: sì-kha-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'qa'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

四腳仔

(Taiwanese Hokkien) frog
(Taiwan, dated, figuratively, offensive) Japanese people

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