手彎子

Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er bend; bent
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (手彎子) 手 彎 子
simp. (手弯子) 手 弯 子

Pronunciation

  • Xiang
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: xiu3 uen1 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯u³³ u̯ɛn⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

手彎子

  1. (Hengyang Xiang) crook of the arm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肘窩 (“crook of the arm”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 肘窩
Eastern Min Fuzhou 手彎
Southern Min Xiamen 手彎, 手斡彎, 手後彎
Quanzhou 手彎, 手斡彎
Zhangzhou 手彎, 手斡彎, 手後彎
Tainan 手彎 GT, 手斡彎 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 手曲
Wu Wenzhou 手彎摜, 手彎兒
Xiang Hengyang 手彎子
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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