# 跤梢間仔
## Chinese

| | | dead epidermis particles of the sole of the foot | small room |
| trad. (跤梢間仔) | trad. (跤梢間仔) | 跤梢 | 間仔 |
| simp. (跤梢间仔) | simp. (跤梢间仔) | 跤梢 | 间仔 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 腳騷間仔／脚骚间仔 骹騷間仔／骹骚间仔 跤騷間仔／跤骚间仔 腳梢間仔／脚梢间仔 骹踃間仔／骹踃间仔腳騷間仔／脚骚间仔 骹騷間仔／骹骚间仔 跤騷間仔／跤骚间仔 腳梢間仔／脚梢间仔 骹踃間仔／骹踃间仔 腳踃間仔／脚踃间仔 脚巢間仔 | 腳騷間仔／脚骚间仔 骹騷間仔／骹骚间仔 跤騷間仔／跤骚间仔 腳梢間仔／脚梢间仔 骹踃間仔／骹踃间仔腳騷間仔／脚骚间仔 骹騷間仔／骹骚间仔 跤騷間仔／跤骚间仔 腳梢間仔／脚梢间仔 骹踃間仔／骹踃间仔 腳踃間仔／脚踃间仔 脚巢間仔 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha-sau-keng-á
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha-sau-keng-á
*** Tâi-lô: kha-sau-king-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qasau'keng'ar
*** IPA (Taipei, Tainan, Yilan): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² sau⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

### Noun

跤梢間仔
* (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) brothel; whorehouse
** 1973, “阿爸的話”, 林秋標 (lyrics), 高藝峰 (music)‎performed by 郭大誠:
       Kha-sau-keng-á lí m̄-thang kiâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Don't you visit brothels.

#### Synonyms

* 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
* 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
* 半開門／半开门 ($^5$poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
* 嚮導社／向导社 ($^5$shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
* 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
* 妓院 (jìyuàn)
* 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
* 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
* 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
* 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
* 書寓／书寓 ($^1$sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
* 煙花間／烟花间 ($^1$i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
* 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
* 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
* 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
* 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妓院, 妓館, 娼寮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 窯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓院, 風月場所 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓院 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 窯班 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 堂子 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉寨, 老舉寮, 寨口 dated, 河下 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓院, 雞竇, 妓寨, 老舉寨, 馬檻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉寨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉寨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老舉寨 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子堂, 堂子把下 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子房 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老舉寨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老舉寨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食間仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 妓院 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲行 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 婊子場, 白面厝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某間, 妓女間, 婊仔間, 婊間, 花間, 間仔底, 間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某間, 婊仔間, 花間 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某間, 查某孫間, 婊仔間, 花間仔, 花間, 間仔底 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 蟯仔街 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 跤梢間仔, 跤梢間, 酒家, 妓女戶, 暗間仔, 跤仔間, 茶店仔, 查某間, 大肚夫, 竹篙厝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 查某間, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 妓女戶, 菜店, 查某間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 暗間仔, 妓女戶, 貓仔間 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 妓女戶, 查某間, 暗間仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某間, 烏間, 跤梢間 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 跤梢間仔, 查某間 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 酒家, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 菜店 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 跤梢間仔, 趁食間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 相楗仔, 妓女戶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 跤梢間, 妓女院 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 跤梢間, 妓女院, 菜店 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊間, 摃間 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 查某館 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘館 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉寨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓寨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 妓院, 堂子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 堂子 dated |
| Xiang | Changsha | 窯班 |