亂鐘仔
Chinese
| in confusion; disorderly | clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (亂鐘仔) | 亂 | 鐘 | 仔 | |
| simp. (乱钟仔) | 乱 | 钟 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): loān-cheng-á
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-cheng-á
- Tâi-lô: luān-tsing-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnzeng'ar
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /luan³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
亂鐘仔
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) alarm clock (Classifier: 粒 mn)
- 2009, 沈瑩玲, “媽媽”, in 97年用咱的母語寫咱的文學／用恩兜个母語寫恩兜个文學 創作獎作品集, page 254:
- 媽媽親像一粒亂鐘仔 一粒準時的亂鐘仔 按阮出世就照時間一直霆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- Má-mah chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t lia̍p loān-cheng-á, chi̍t lia̍p chún-sî ê loān-cheng-á, àn goán chhut-sì tō chiàu sî-kan it-ti̍t tân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Mom is like an alarm clock, an alarm clock that is on time, from my birth continuously ringing on time
妈妈亲像一粒乱钟仔 一粒准时的乱钟仔 按阮出世就照时间一直霆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
- 2018 April 1, 王羅蜜多, “雞鵤刺”, in 日頭雨截句, 秀威資訊科技股份有限公司 [Showwe Information Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 74:
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鬧鐘 (“alarm clock”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鬧鐘兒, 醒子, 醒子鐘 |
| Taiwan | 鬧鐘 | |
| Singapore | 鬧鐘 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鬧鐘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鬧鐘, 鬧錶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鬧鐘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鬧鐘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鬧鐘 |
| Guiyang | 鬧鐘 | |
| Guilin | 鬧鐘 | |
| Liuzhou | 鬧鐘 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鬧鐘, 唥鐘 |
| Hong Kong | 鬧鐘 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鬧鐘 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鬧鐘, 鬧鐘仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 亂鐘 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鬧鐘, 亂鐘 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鬧鐘 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鬧鐘 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鬧兒鐘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鬧鐘 |
| Zhao'an | 鬧鐘 | |
| Kaohsiung | 亂鐘仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 亂鐘仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cieding) | 亂鐘仔 | |
| Yilan (Luodong) | 鬧鐘仔 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 鬧鐘仔 | |
| Changhua (Yongjing) | 鬧鐘仔, 亂鐘 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 亂鐘仔, 鬧鐘 | |
| Chiayi | 亂鐘仔 | |
| Chiayi County (Dongshi) | 亂鐘仔 | |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鬧鐘 |
| Suzhou | 鬧鐘 | |
| Jinhua | 鬧鐘 | |
Further reading
- “亂鐘仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.