缺子

/t͡ɕʰyɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰyɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


罯屑

/ŋɵt̚⁵ ɕiɛt̚²/

/ŋɵt̚⁵ ɕiɛt̚²/


邊上

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²/

/ˈpiɛn⁴² sɔŋ¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ san²¹⁻¹¹/

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ²/

/ˈpiɛn⁴² sɔŋ¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ san²¹⁻¹¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Shangyou Hakka, Huizhou, Xiang) side; border


結巴子

/t͡ɕiɛ²¹ pa⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ pa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕiɛ²¹ pa⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ pa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Gan, Xiang) stutterer; stammerer


臍帶子

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ tɛ²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ tɛ²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/


蟬頭

(Gan) stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


桑棗子

/ˈsɔŋ⁴² t͡sau²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/ˈsɔŋ⁴² t͡sau²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/


千常

/t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴² t͡sʰɔŋ²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴² t͡sʰɔŋ²⁴/

(Gan, Shadi Wu) often; regularly; frequently


煙葉子

/iɛn⁵⁵ iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/iɛn⁴² iɛt̚⁵/

/ie¹¹ iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/i̯ẽ³³ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/iɛn⁵⁵ iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/iɛn⁴² iɛt̚⁵/

/ie¹¹ iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/i̯ẽ³³ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Jin, Xiang) tobacco leaf


煙屎

/i̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/

/ʒan⁵³ ʃi²⁴/

/ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/

/huŋ³³⁻²³ sai⁵²/

/i̯ẽ³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ sz̩⁴¹/

/i̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/

/ʒan⁵³ ʃi²⁴/

/ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/

/huŋ³³⁻²³ sai⁵²/

/i̯ẽ³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ sz̩⁴¹/

煙屎牙

烟屎牙

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Northern Min, Xiang) tobacco or cigarette tar


香煙頭子

/ɕiɔŋ⁴² iɛn⁴² tʰɛu²⁴ t͡sz̩²/

/ɕiɔŋ⁴² iɛn⁴² tʰɛu²⁴ t͡sz̩²/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Gan) cigarette butt; fag-end


狗爪旁

/keu³¹ t͡sau³¹ pʰɔŋ¹¹/

/keu³¹ t͡sau³¹ pʰɔŋ¹¹/

(Guangxi Mandarin, Pengze Gan, Hakka, Southern Pinghua) The Chinese character component 犭, dog radical


寄娘

/ˈt͡ɕi³⁵ n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/ˈt͡ɕi³⁵ n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/


掏井

/tʰau²⁴ t͡ɕiaŋ²¹³/

/tʰau²⁴ t͡ɕiaŋ²¹³/

(Gan) to remove dirt and debris from a well to make it clean


掏湯

/tʰau²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴²/

/tʰau²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴²/

(Gan) to ladle soup into a rice bowl to soak the rice


茅缸

/ˈmau³⁵ kɔŋ⁴²/

/ˈmau³⁵ kɔŋ⁴²/

(Gan, dated) vat used in toilets to contain human waste


毛栗子

/mɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/mɒu̯¹³ li²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ li⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/mɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/mɒu̯¹³ li²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ li⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Gan, Xiang) a kind of small chestnut (the size of a hazelnut)


暴耳風

/pʰau¹¹ ɵ²¹³⁻¹³ fuŋ⁴²/

/pʰau¹¹ ɵ²¹³⁻¹³ fuŋ⁴²/


未撇朱

/ˈui¹¹ pʰiɛt̚⁵ t͡ɕy²¹³/

/ˈui¹¹ pʰiɛt̚⁵ t͡ɕy²¹³/

(Gan) Used to differentiate the surname 朱 (zhū).


鼻眼

/ˈpʰit̚² ŋan²¹³/

/ˈpʰit̚² ŋan²¹³/


荸救

Chinese water chestnut
Chinese water chestnut

Eleocharis dulcis
Eleocharis dulcis#Translingual

(Gan) Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)


北瓜子

/ˈpɛt̚⁵ kua⁴² t͡sz̩²¹³/

/ˈpɛt̚⁵ kua⁴² t͡sz̩²¹³/

(Gan) pumpkin seed; seed of the cucurbita


北瓜搭飯

(Gan) rice meal with pumpkin and rice mixed together


特事

/tʰɛt̚² sz̩¹/

/tʰɛt̚² sz̩¹/


蟬崽

/ˈsɛn³⁵ t͡sai²¹³/

/ˈsɛn³⁵ t͡sai²¹³/

(Gan) stupid child (affectionate term used by parents)


發氣

/fa²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹³/

/fat̚³³ hi³³⁻³³⁵/

/ɸa̠²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/fa²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹³/

/fat̚³³ hi³³⁻³³⁵/

/ɸa̠²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Taishanese, dialectal Gan, Yudu Hakka, Xiang) to be angry; to get upset; to be mad


發財票

/huaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵³⁻²¹ ^((pʰ-))βiɛu²¹³/

/huaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵³⁻²¹ ^((pʰ-))βiɛu²¹³/


童娘子

/tʰuŋ²⁴ n̠ʲiɔŋ² t͡sz̩¹/

/tʰuŋ²⁴ n̠ʲiɔŋ² t͡sz̩¹/

(Gan) tongyangxi; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law; child bride


松枸

/ˈt͡ɕʰiuŋ²⁴ kiɛu²¹³/

/ˈt͡ɕʰiuŋ²⁴ kiɛu²¹³/


藥薯

/ˈiɔʔ⁵ ɕy³⁵/

/ˈiɔʔ⁵ ɕy³⁵/

(Gan) sweet potato that has gone bad (with a bitter taste)


做工個

/t͡so⁵³ kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ke⁵³/

/t͡so⁵³ kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ke⁵³/


貓婆

/mɑʊ̯⁴⁴⁵ b̥o¹¹/

/mɑʊ̯⁴⁴⁵ b̥o¹¹/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Hengyang Xiang) tabby; female cat


信套子

/ɕiŋ⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/ɕiŋ⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/


掛紙

/ku̯a⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

/kua⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/

/kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

/ku̯a⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

/kua⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/

/kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

(dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Teochew, Liuzhou Mandarin) to pay respects to a dead person at their grave


米鋪

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu⁵¹/

/mɐi̯¹³ pʰou̯³³⁻³⁵/

/mɐi̯¹³ pʰou̯³³/

/ᵐbai⁵⁵ pʰu³³⁻³³⁵/

/ˈmi²¹³⁻²⁴ pʰu²¹³/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu⁵¹/

/mɐi̯¹³ pʰou̯³³⁻³⁵/

/mɐi̯¹³ pʰou̯³³/

/ᵐbai⁵⁵ pʰu³³⁻³³⁵/

/ˈmi²¹³⁻²⁴ pʰu²¹³/

(dialectal, including Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua) grain shop


麻仔

/muɛ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/

/muɛ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/

(dialectal Gan, Hakka, Northern Min) sesame


月子裡

/n̠ʲɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩² li¹/

/n̠ʲɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩² li¹/

(Yinchuan Mandarin, Gan, Danyang Wu) the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium


垢圿

/koʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/ˈkiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ kuat̚⁵/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kueʔ³²/

/kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kueʔ⁵/

/koʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/ˈkiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ kuat̚⁵/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kueʔ³²/

/kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kueʔ⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Southern Min) grime; dirt (especially on one's skin)


爾儂

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵/

Many lects have merged the two syllables to one. See 儂／侬.

(dated or dialectal Wu, Gan) you (singular)


灶爺

(dialectal Mandarin, Huadu Cantonese, Gan, Pinghua) kitchen god


挑針

/ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴²/

/ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴²/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Gan, ophthalmology, pathology) stye; hordeolum


挑針子

/ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴² t͡sz̩²/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴² t͡sz̩²/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Gan, Xiang, ophthalmology, pathology) stye; hordeolum


倒灶

/tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/tau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sau³⁵/

/tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/tau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sau³⁵/

(Gan, derogatory) to damn (used as a curse)


花缽

/fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pat̚¹/

/fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pat̚¹/

(Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, Zhao'an Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) flowerpot


有時間

/iu²¹³⁻²¹ sz̩¹ kan⁴²/

/iu²¹³⁻²¹ sz̩¹ kan⁴²/


出大喜事

/t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ ˈtai¹¹ ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/

/t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ ˈtai¹¹ ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/


出小喜事

/t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ ˈɕiɛu²¹³⁻²⁴ ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/

/t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ ˈɕiɛu²¹³⁻²⁴ ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/


出喜事

/t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/

/t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sz̩¹¹/


龍燈頭

/ˈluŋ³⁵ tɛn⁴² tʰɛu²⁴/

/ˈluŋ³⁵ tɛn⁴² tʰɛu²⁴/

(Gan) first lantern, shaped like a dragon, in a row of lanterns

(Gan, by extension) grown-up popular with children or leader of a group of children


絲光襪

/sz̩³³ kuɑŋ⁵⁵ mɤa¹⁴/

/sz̩³³ kuɑŋ⁵⁵ mɤa¹⁴/

(dialectal Gan, Jinhua Wu) pantyhose; stockings


耳朵眼

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

ㄦˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˇㄦ

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to³ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ⁴² tɤ³⁵⁻⁵ ŋã̠⁴²⁻¹/

/ə³³ to³³ ŋan³³/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to³ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ⁴² tɤ³⁵⁻⁵ ŋã̠⁴²⁻¹/

/ə³³ to³³ ŋan³³/

1993 October 6, 侯大勇, 实用新型专利说明书 防噪音多功能听诊器, page 3:

Xiànyǒu de tīngzhěnqì zài shǐyòng shí, shì jiāng ěrsāi sāijìn ěrduoyǎn lǐ, chángshíjiān shǐyòng, huì zàochéng ěrduo de bùshì, érqiě zài wàijiè zàoyīn gānrǎo dà de qíngkuàng xià, yǐngxiǎng yīshēng tīngzhěn xiàoguǒ.

现有的听诊器在使用时，是将耳塞塞进耳朵眼里，长时间使用，会造成耳朵的不适，而且在外界噪音干扰大的情况下，影响医生听诊效果。

現有的聽診器在使用時，是將耳塞塞進耳朵眼裡，長時間使用，會造成耳朵的不適，而且在外界噪音干擾大的情況下，影響醫生聽診效果。

(Mandarin, Gan, Yudu Hakka, Songjiang Wu, Xiang) earhole (outer aperture of the ear)


娘屋裡

/n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵ ut̚² li¹/

/n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ u²⁴ li³/

/ni̯ɔŋ¹³ u³⁵⁻⁵ li³/

/n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵ ut̚² li¹/

/n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ u²⁴ li³/

/ni̯ɔŋ¹³ u³⁵⁻⁵ li³/

(Gan, Xiang) married woman's parents' home


乾爺

/kẽ̞³³ ɦi³⁴/

/kan⁴⁴⁵ i̯ä¹¹/

/kẽ̞³³ ɦi³⁴/

/kan⁴⁴⁵ i̯ä¹¹/

(Gan, Suzhounese, Hangzhounese, Hengyang Xiang) godfather; (nominally) adoptive father


青篾

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ mi²¹/

/ˈt͡sʰiaŋ⁴² miɛt̚⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ mi̯e̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰi̯ɔ̃⁴⁴ mi³⁵⁻⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ mi²¹/

/ˈt͡sʰiaŋ⁴² miɛt̚⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ mi̯e̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰi̯ɔ̃⁴⁴ mi³⁵⁻⁵/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) outer cuticle of a bamboo stem


早禾

/t͡sou̯³⁵ wɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ˈt͡sau²¹³⁻¹³ uo³⁵/

/t͡so²⁴⁻³³ vo⁵⁵/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ o¹³/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ wɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ˈt͡sau²¹³⁻¹³ uo³⁵/

/t͡so²⁴⁻³³ vo⁵⁵/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ o¹³/

(Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Xiang) early season paddy; early season unhusked rice


小舌子

/ɕiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ sɛt̚¹ t͡sz̩²/

/ɕiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ sɛt̚¹ t͡sz̩²/


天狗吃日頭

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄡˇ ㄔ ㄖˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄡˇ ㄔ ㄖˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

тяньгоу чи житоу

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ˈtʰiɛn⁴² kiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ n̠ʲit̚⁵ tʰɛu²/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ ^((t͡ɕ-))d͡ʑi̯ɤ⁴²⁻¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɔ¹³⁻³³ ni³⁵⁻⁵ di̯ɤ³/

(Mandarin, Gan, Northern Pinghua, Wu, Xiang, colloquial) solar eclipse


灶雞子

/t͡sau²¹³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ˈt͡sau³⁵ t͡ɕi⁴² t͡sz̩²/

/t͡sɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sɑʊ̯³²⁴⁻³¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sau²¹³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ˈt͡sau³⁵ t͡ɕi⁴² t͡sz̩²/

/t͡sɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sɑʊ̯³²⁴⁻³¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Yudu Hakka, Loudi Xiang) camel cricket


賴學

/lɛ⁴⁴⁻⁴² ɕioʔ⁵/

/la²² ɦoʔ⁴⁴/

/lɑ²³ ɦoʔ¹¹/

/la²² ɦoʔ⁴⁴/

/lɛ¹¹ ɦiɑʔ⁵³/

/ɦlɑ³¹ ʔoʔ⁵/

/lɑ⁵⁵ oʔ²¹²/

/lɛ⁴⁴⁻⁴² ɕioʔ⁵/

/la²² ɦoʔ⁴⁴/

/lɑ²³ ɦoʔ¹¹/

/la²² ɦoʔ⁴⁴/

/lɛ¹¹ ɦiɑʔ⁵³/

/ɦlɑ³¹ ʔoʔ⁵/

/lɑ⁵⁵ oʔ²¹²/

(dialectal Mandarin, Huizhou, dialectal Gan, Wu) to cut school; to ditch class; to play truant


青光瞎

/t͡ɕʰin³³ ku̯an³³ xa̠²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ ku̯an³³ xa̠²⁴/

(dialectal Gan, Northern Min, Changsha Xiang, pathology) glaucoma


許時間

/he²¹³⁻²¹ sz̩¹ kan⁴²/

/he²¹³⁻²¹ sz̩¹ kan⁴²/

(Gan) at that time; in those days; back then


許場中

/ˈhe²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰɔŋ²⁴ t͡suŋ⁴²/

/ˈhe²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰɔŋ²⁴ t͡suŋ⁴²/


曾公

/t͡sɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɒŋ⁵³³/

/t͡sɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/t͡sɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɒŋ⁵³³/

/t͡sɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/

paternal grandfather
paternal grandfather#English

(Puxian Min, dialectal Gan) great-grandfather (particularly paternal grandfather's father)