挖耳
Chinese
| to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | ear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (挖耳) | 挖 | 耳 | |
| simp. #(挖耳) | 挖 | 耳 | |
| anagram | 耳挖 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wā'ěr
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄦˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wa-ěr
- Wade–Giles: wa1-êrh3
- Yale: wā-ěr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaeel
- Palladius: ваэр (vaer)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: waat3 ji5
- Yale: waat yíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: waat8 ji5
- Guangdong Romanization: wad3 yi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːt̚³ jiː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Verb
挖耳
Noun
挖耳
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 耳挖子 (“earpick”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 耳挖子, 耳勺子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耳挖勺兒, 耳挖子, 消息兒, 耳捻子 |
| Taiwan | 耳挖子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 耳彎勺兒, 挖耳勺兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 耳勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 挖耳勺兒 |
| Xi'an | 挖耳勺兒 | |
| Xining | 耳挖子 | |
| Xuzhou | 耳挖子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 挖耳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挖耳子 |
| Wuhan | 挖耳 | |
| Guiyang | 挖耳瓢 | |
| Liuzhou | 挖耳瓢 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 耳扒, 耳挖子 |
| Yangzhou | 耳扒子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 耳挖 |
| Hong Kong | 耳挖 | |
| Taishan | 耳挖, 耳屎捋 | |
| Dongguan | 耳搭 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 挖耳子, 挖耳耙子 |
| Lichuan | 耳屎耙, 耳屎耙兒 | |
| Pingxiang | 耳屎耙子, 挖耳耙子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 耳耙仔 |
| Yudu | 耳挖子 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 耳朵挖, 耳朵扒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 挖匙子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 耳耙仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 耳扒, 耳扒囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息 |
| Quanzhou | 鉤耳仔, 消息 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息 | |
| Tainan | 耳扒仔, 鉤耳 | |
| Leizhou | 鉤耳仔 | |
| Haikou | 耳挖, 耳鉤, 挖耳 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耳挖, 挖耳殼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 挖耳 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 挖耳 | |
| Suzhou | 挖耳 | |
| Danyang | 耳朵扒子 | |
| Hangzhou | 耳勺兒 | |
| Ningbo | 挖耳, 耳朵彎 | |
| Wenzhou | 耳朵爬兒 | |
| Jinhua | 耳朵挖兒, 挖耳 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 挖耳子 |
| Loudi | 挖耳子 | |
Derived terms
- 挖耳勺 (wā'ěrsháo)