Word of the day - khùn-thân-khī

khùn-thân-khī
turn sideways (while laying down)

A friend who used be a nurse told me that she was taught this term in order to instruct patients turn sideways.

I don't really know first two words. (Help!!!!)
The third word probably means tilted, in an angle, sort of.

I need to do more research on this one.





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Word of the day

pōng thé-tāng
weigh. Take the measurement unit from a scale.

Compare to nîu 量 (nîu thé-tāng)
pōng literally means pound, the unit for weight.
tsı̍t-pōng one pound
gōo-pōng five pound

but using pōng instead of nîu is very authentic way of weighing something/someone on a scale.

nîu is influenced by Chinese usage of taking measure.

hán-bûn: 磅體重
Chinese: 量體重




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