起蛟龍

Chinese
to rise; to raise; to get up jiaolong
trad. (起蛟龍) 起 蛟龍
simp. (起蛟龙) 起 蛟龙

Pronunciation

Verb

起蛟龍

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to have a tsunami; to have a tidal wave

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 海嘯 (“tsunami”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 海嘯
Mandarin Taiwan 海嘯
Singapore 海嘯
Cantonese Hong Kong 海嘯
Min Dong Fuzhou 海亂
Min Nan Xiamen 海漲, 滾蛟龍 verb, 起蛟龍 verb
Quanzhou 海漲
Leizhou 海吼
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