# 癩𰣻
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thái-kô
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^3$ go$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thái-ko
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^2$ go$^1$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thái-kô
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai$^ˋ$ go$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^3$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯³¹ ko²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^3$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ³¹ ko⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Philippines, Kinmen, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thái-ko
*** Tâi-lô: thái-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tay'koy
*** IPA (Singapore): /tʰai⁴²⁻²⁴ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /tʰai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tʰai⁵³⁻²⁴ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /tʰai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ko³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /tʰai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ko⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^2$ go$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thái ko
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ ko³³/

### Noun

癩𰣻
* (Hakka, Southern Min) leprosy
    From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 利未記 (Leviticus) 13:44
    Hit-lâng chiū-sī khí thái-ko, bô chheng-khì-ê, chè-si tek-khak tio̍h toàn i chòe bô chheng-khì, i ê chèng-thâu sī tī thâu-khak. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He is a leprous man (lit. This man has leprosy), he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
    From: 現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 8:2
    Yû yit-ke pot thái-kô ke ngìn lòi pai kì, kóng: “Chú â, ngì na-he hén, chhiu voi sṳ́ ngài chhiang-li.” [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
    [T]here came a leper (lit. a person with leprosy) and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

#### Synonyms

* 麻風／麻风 (máfēng), 麻風症／麻风症, 癩𰣻病／癞𰣻病
* (Northern Min) 病𤸊

#### Derived terms

* 癩𰣻爛癆／癞𰣻烂痨 (thái-ko-nōa-lô)
* 癩𰣻病／癞𰣻病 (thái-ko-pēⁿ)
* 癩𰣻鬼／癞𰣻鬼 (thái-ko-kúi)

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: taiko
* → Thai: ไทกอ (tai-gɔɔ)

### Adjective

癩𰣻
* (Southern Min) filthy

#### Usage notes

* Even stronger than 垃圾 (lah-sap), which is a more generic term for dirty.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 污, 穢, 污穢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 骯髒, 污穢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 髒, 腌臢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 髒, 骯髒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 髒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 埋汰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 骯髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 邋遢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 骯髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 髒, 窩囊, 腌臢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 髒, 邋乎, 埋汰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 齷齪, 邋遢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 陳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 髒, 日髒, 骯髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 髒, 骯髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 骯髒, 髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 骯髒, 腌臢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 髒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 髒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 髒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挖抓, 髒, 齷齪, 邋遢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guang'an | 挖抓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 挖抓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拉瓜, 賴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 髒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 邋遢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 邋遢, 污糟, 涴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 髒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 髒, 邋遢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 髒, 膿糟, 拾弄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 邋遢, 骯屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 骯屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 垠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 揦鮓, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 邋遢, 揦鮓, 黧貰 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 賴濕, 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 垠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 失引, 污糟, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 污糟, 揦鮓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 腌臢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 邋遢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 漚紐, 穢 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 累贅 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏數 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 烏奴 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 邋遢 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Changting | 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 活柴, 污糟 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 邋遢, 污糟 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 遢邋 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 遢邋 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 邋遢 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 邋遢 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 邋遢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 日髒, 髒, 腌臢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 日髒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 髒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 污喏, 垃圾 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 污喏 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 污喏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 垃圾 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 垃圾 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 垃儳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 腌臢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 垃圾, 邋遢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 邋滯 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 尻髒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尻髒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 污盧 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 齷齪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 齷齪, 鏖糟 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 邋遢, 齷齪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 污糟, 齷拉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 髒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 埲, 邋遢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鏖糟, 髒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 遮捏, 鏖糟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 邋遢, 邋糊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 派老, 邋遢 |

#### Antonyms

* 清氣／清气

### References

* “Entry #13127”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
* “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “癩𰣻”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎, volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 15