拗手瓜
Chinese
stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two |
upper arm | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (拗手瓜) | 拗 | 手瓜 | |
| simp. #(拗手瓜) | 拗 | 手瓜 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aau2 sau2 gwaa1
- Yale: áau sáu gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: aau2 sau2 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: ao2 seo2 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /aːu̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
拗⫽手瓜 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to arm-wrestle
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 掰腕子 (“to arm-wrestle”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 掰腕子 |
| Taiwan | 比腕力 | |
| Harbin | 掰腕子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 掰腕子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 掰腕子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 掰手腕兒, 握手腕兒, 握手勁兒, 扳手腕兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 扳把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 比手勁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拗手勁, 拗膀勁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拗手瓜, 拗手臂瓜 |
| Hong Kong | 拗手瓜 | |
| Dongguan | 拗手瓜 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扳手勁 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 拗手哩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 扳手勁 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拗手 |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 遏手把 | |
| Tainan | 遏手把, 扳手把 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 遏手把 | |
| Leizhou | 勾手骨, 過橋 | |
| Haikou | 拗手交 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拗手勁 |
| Shanghai (Songjiang) | 扳手勁 | |
| Suzhou | 拗手勁 | |
| Danyang | 較手勁 | |
| Ningbo | 拗手勁 | |
| Wenzhou | 扳手 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 扳腕子 |