緣投

See also: 缘投

Chinese

		along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge	to throw; to send
trad. (緣投)		緣	投
simp. (缘投)		缘	投
alternative forms		嫣頭／嫣头 嫣投 沿投 艷投／艳投 英都 嫣頭／嫣头 嫣投 沿投 艷投／艳投 英都 英卓 鉛骰／铅骰
anagram		投緣／投缘

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-tàu / yàn-tàu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-tâu / ian-tâu

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-tàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ dauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² dau²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ tau̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-tàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ dauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² dau²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ tau̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-tâu
    • Tâi-lô: iân-tâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iendaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² tau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ tau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² tau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-tâu
    • Tâi-lô: ian-tâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iendaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tau²³/

Adjective

緣投

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) handsome

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 英俊 (“handsome”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		英俊, 帥氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	帥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	帥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	帥
Mandarin	Malaysia	英俊
	Singapore	帥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚仔
	Hong Kong	靚仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	緣投
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	緣投
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	緣投
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	派頭, 緣投
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	緣投
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	緣投
	Singapore (Dabu)	緣投
Southern Min	Xiamen	緣投
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	緣投
	Quanzhou	緣投
	Jinjiang	緣投
	Anxi	緣投
	Zhangzhou	緣投, 燦頭, 燦才
	Tainan	緣投
	Penang (Hokkien)	緣投
	Singapore (Hokkien)	緣投
	Manila (Hokkien)	緣投
	Wenchang	帥
Wu	Shanghai	帥
Xiang	Changsha	帥

Descendants

• → English: yan dao
• → Tagalog: yantaw

Noun

緣投

1. (Hokkien, dated) handsome young man; dandy
2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) male lover; paramour

Derived terms

• 搧緣投／搧缘投
• 緣投仔骨／缘投仔骨
• 緣投骨／缘投骨
• 設緣投／设缘投

 

References

• “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
• “Entry #11323”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 劉建仁 (2011 May 17) “緣投（ienˊ-tauˊ）──英俊、帥”, in 台灣話的語源與理據 (in Chinese), retrieved 2015-10-06