螺賴把
Chinese
aquatic snail | phonetic | handle | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
trad. (螺賴把) | 螺 | 賴 | 把 | |
simp. (螺赖把) | 螺 | 赖 | 把 | |
alternative forms | 羅賴把/罗赖把 |
Etymology
From Japanese ドライバー (doraibā), from English (screw)driver. The characters are partially phono-semantically matched based on 螺絲/螺丝 (lô͘-si, “screw”) and possibly Mandarin 把 (bǎ, “handle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
螺賴把
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) screwdriver (Classifier: 支 mn)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 螺絲刀 (“screwdriver”) [map]
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