疙瘩
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (疙瘩) | 疙 | 瘩 | |
| simp. #(疙瘩) | 疙 | 瘩 | |
| alternative forms | |||
Etymology
Possibly related to 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu, “tadpole”), 櫜韜/櫜韬 (“fruit shell of water lilies”), 胍𦘴 (“having a big belly”), and 骨朵 (gūduo, “bud; mace”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gat6 daap3
- Jin (Wiktionary): geh3-5 dah4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kit-tap
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7keq-taq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gēda
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ˙ㄉㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gedå
- Wade–Giles: ko1-ta5
- Yale: gē-da
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge.da
- Palladius: гэда (gɛda)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ⁵⁵ d̥ä²/
- (Beijing, variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gāda
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ ˙ㄉㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gadå
- Wade–Giles: ka1-ta5
- Yale: gā-da
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga.da
- Palladius: гада (gada)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kä⁵⁵ d̥ä²/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: gěda
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ²¹ ta/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gat6 daap3
- Yale: gaht daap
- Cantonese Pinyin: gat9 daap8
- Guangdong Romanization: ged6 dab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐt̚² taːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kit-tap
- Tâi-lô: kit-tap
- Phofsit Daibuun: kitdab
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tap̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kit̚³²⁻⁴ tap̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ tap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
Noun
疙瘩
- bump, lump or swelling on the skin
- (in general) small block or ball; lump; clump; knot
- knot (unpleasant tension in the body)
- (figurative) knot (in one's heart); hangup; problem; preoccupation
- (regional, colloquial, card games) queen (Q)
Synonyms
- (queen):
Dialectal synonyms of 圈兒 (“queen (playing cards)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 疙瘩, 疙瘩包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 皮蛋, 十二 |
| Zhengzhou | 十二, 圈 | |
| Xi'an | 圈子 | |
| Xuzhou | 皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 皮蛋, 圈子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆 |
| Guiyang | 蛋, 蛋蛋 | |
| Liuzhou | 悶, 丘 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 皮蛋 |
| Yangzhou | 皮蛋 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女 |
| Hong Kong | 女 | |
| Taishan | 女 | |
| Nanning | 敏 | |
| Nanning (Tanka) | 文 | |
| Wuzhou | 敏 | |
| Yulin | 敏 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 皮蛋 |
| Pengze | 箍 | |
| Lichuan | 皮蛋 | |
| Pingxiang | 蛋, 皮蛋架架 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 圈子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 皮蛋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圈兒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | Q, 卵 |
| Shantou | 箍, 𡚸, 妹 | |
| Puning | 箍 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 皮蛋 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 皮蛋 | |
| Suzhou | 蛋, 皮蛋 | |
| Ningbo | 皮蛋, 蛋 |