乾巴巴
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Chinese[edit]
dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname |
very; extremely | ||
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trad. (乾巴巴) | 乾 | 巴巴 | |
simp. (干巴巴) | 干 | 巴巴 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
乾巴巴
- (ideophonic, of land, food, etc.) dry and hard; parched
- (ideophonic, of speech, writing, etc.) dull; boring; insipid
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 乾巴巴 (“(expressive) dry”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乾巴巴 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 乾巴巴 |
Luoyang | 乾巴巴 | |
Chengdu | 乾吱吱 | |
Guiyang | 乾悄悄 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乾爭爭, 乾繃繃, 乾鯁鯁 of food |
Hong Kong | 乾爭爭, 乾鯁鯁 of food | |
Hakka | Meixian | 乾業業, 乾牛牛, 燥業業, 燥藞藞 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乾焦焦, 乾乾焦 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 焦布布, 焦涸涸, 焦瘼瘼 |
Tainan | 焦涸涸 | |
Shantou | 乾巴巴 | |
Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 乾誇誇 |
Danyang | 乾卜卜 | |
Ningbo | 乾剝剝 |