缺角

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (缺角)		缺	角
simp. ^#(缺角)		缺	角

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki⁶ gah⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khih-kak

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ki⁶ gah⁶ [Phonetic: ki⁴ ah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kī-gah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁴² ^(k-)aʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ki⁶ gah⁶ [Phonetic: ki⁴ ah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴² ^(k-)aʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khih-kak
  - Tâi-lô: khih-kak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qihkag
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi(ʔ)⁵ kak̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kak̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kak̚³²/

Noun

缺角

(Hokkien, Puxian Min) breach; gap; break

Synonyms

口子 (kǒuzi)
缺口 (quēkǒu)
缺子 (Yangzhou Mandarin)
缺缺 (que² que^2-1) (Sichuanese)
缺蕩 / 缺荡 (Shanghainese)
豁口 (huōkǒu)
豁子 (huōzi)

References

“缺角”, 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.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “缺角”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 319.