癖鼻

Chinese

		habit; hobby	nose
simp. and trad. (癖鼻)		癖	鼻

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiah-phīⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah-phīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phiah-phīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiahphvi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pʰĩ²²/

Noun

癖鼻

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) temperament; temper; disposition

Synonyms

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• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
• 本性 (běnxìng)
• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
• 氣性／气性
• 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
• 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
• 素性 (sùxìng)
• 脾氣／脾气
• 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)