榔頭

See also: 榔头

Chinese

From 狼頭／狼头 (literally "wolf's head"), based on the shape of a hammer.

榔頭

Dialectal synonyms of 錘子 (“hammer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錘子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錘子, 榔頭
	Taiwan	錘子
	Singapore	錘, 鐵錘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	錘子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	釘錘兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	釘錘兒, 錘錘兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	釘錘, 錘子, 榔頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	榔頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	錘子, 釘錘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錘
	Hong Kong	錘仔, 錘
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	手錘
	Macau	錘
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錘
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	錘仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錘仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錘
	Foshan	錘
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錘
	Foshan (Shunde)	錘
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錘
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錘
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錘
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	普頭
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	錘
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錘
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錘
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錘
	Taishan	錘, 斧頭仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錘
	Enping (Niujiang)	錘
	Heshan (Yayao)	錘
	Dongguan	錘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鐵錘
	Yangjiang	錘仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	錘
Gan	Nanchang	釘錘子
Hakka	Meixian	錘仔, 鐵錘
Jin	Taiyuan	錘子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鐵錘仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鐵錘囝, 鐵錘
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵錘, 鐵釘仔錘, 錘仔, 錘
	Quanzhou	鐵錘, 錘仔, 錘
	Zhangzhou	鐵錘, 鐵釘仔錘, 錘仔, 錘
	Taipei	摃錘仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鐵錘, 錘
	Manila (Hokkien)	鐵錘, 釘錘
	Chaozhou	鐵錘
Puxian Min	Putian	錘囝
Wu	Shanghai	榔頭
	Suzhou	榔頭
	Wenzhou	鞋錘兒, 錘兒, 榔頭
Xiang	Changsha	錘子, 釘錘子, 釘錘
Xiang	Shuangfeng	錘子