Random Character of the Day

[EnergyReaper]

On 3/16/2023 at 2:52 AM, Tomsima said:

I have always used something like "ga zhe wo" (no idea what the characters are) for armpit

What I often see is 胳肢窝, or sometimes 夹肢窝, which may be pronounced as "ga zhi wo" or "ge zhi wo". But with my southern accent, I pronounce it as "ga ji wo".

[Tomsima]

(As is usually the case) I have within a couple of days of reading already come across this in a book, in this instance the form used is 夹, but presumably with the pronunciation 'ga1'

[Dlezcano]

趿 (ta1), which is a word that appears mostly with 拉. The compound 趿拉 means "to shuffle about with the backs of one's shoes trodden down."

I found this word in a novel of 王朔 called 《无人喝彩》. The original line says: "她站起来，从拖鞋中伸出一只脚，用大脚拇指关了电视，然后趿着拖鞋绕过书柜。”

By the way asked a native about this word and was told he did know the word but didn't know it was written this way.