到甲

Chinese

		to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
simp. and trad. (到甲)		到	甲
alternative forms		到仔 (kàu-á)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-kah / kàu-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-kah
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao'kaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ kaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-á
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

Conjunction

到甲

1. (Hokkien) only until; by the time when (some future (usually bad) event has come to pass)

   這個車到仔到遐，汝都無來，阮欲放汝囉。 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]
   这个车到仔到遐，汝都无来，阮欲放汝啰。 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]

   Chit-gé chhia kàu-á kàu hiâ, lí to͘-bô lâi, gún beh pàng lí--lo͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   By the time, this car arrives there and you haven't even come, we will leave you already.

Synonyms

• 到
• 甲
• 等到 (děngdào)