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

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) screwdriver (Classifier: 支 mn)

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.