勼跤勼手

Chinese

		to pull one's feet back	to stop; to give up
simp. and trad. (勼跤勼手)		勼跤	勼手
alternative forms		勼腳勼手／勼脚勼手勼骹勼手

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): giu¹ kor¹ giu¹ ciu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiu-kha-kiu-chhiú

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: giu¹ kor¹ giu¹ ciu³ [Phonetic: giu⁵ or⁵ iu⁵ liu³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: giu-ko̤-giu-chiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(kʰ-)ɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)iu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)liu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: giu¹ kor¹ giu¹ ciu³ [Phonetic: giu⁵ or⁵ iu⁵ liu³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(kʰ-)ɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)iu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)liu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiu-kha-kiu-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: kiu-kha-kiu-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'qa'kiuchiuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

勼跤勼手

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) to be overcautious and full of misgivings; to be ever fearful and nervous

Synonyms

畏首畏尾 (wèishǒuwèiwěi)
縮手縮腳 / 缩手缩脚 (suōshǒusuōjiǎo)

References

“勼跤勼手”, 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., 2025.
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), “勼骹勼手”, 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 221.