橋躉

Chinese

		bridge	wholesale
trad. (橋躉)		橋	躉
simp. (桥趸)		桥	趸

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ dan²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kiu⁴ dan²
  - Yale: kìuh dán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ dan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ den²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ tɐn³⁵/

Noun

橋躉

(Cantonese) bridge foundation
- 1939, 香港新文字學會《廣州話新文字教程：讀本》, translation of 蕭乾《血肉築成的滇緬路》; quoted in, and English translation by, 2018, Lorraine Wong, "Threshold Nationhood"
  好似「備勝橋」[SIC]落橋躉時，先先要築個堤壩將靴靴聲嘅江水攔住。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  好似「备胜桥」[SIC]落桥趸时，先先要筑个堤坝将靴靴声嘅江水拦住。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  hou² ci⁵ “bei⁶ sing¹ kiu⁴” [SIC] lok⁶ kiu⁴ dan² si⁴, sin¹ sin¹ jiu³ zuk¹ go³ tai⁴ baa³ zoeng¹ hoe^1-4 hoe^1-2 seng¹ ge³ gong¹ seoi² laan⁴ zyu⁶. [Jyutping]
  Just like the time when the foundation of Bridge Shengbei was being laid, a dam was built to stop the furious currents from rushing through.

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