起楞

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	corner; square beam
trad. (起楞)		起	楞
simp. ^#(起楞)		起	楞

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-lēng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-lēng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-līng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyleng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/

Noun

起楞

(Zhangzhou Hokkien, medicine) bubonic plague
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative, derogatory) used to call a contemptible person

Synonyms

(bubonic plague): 腺鼠疫 (xiànshǔyì); (Hokkien) 起楞仔症

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