儂

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Proto-Tai *nwoːŋꟲ (“younger sibling”) (whence Zhuang nuengx (“younger sibling”)), Southern Kam nongx (“younger sibling”), Thai น้อง (nɔ́ɔng), Northern Thai ᨶ᩶ᩬᨦ, Lao ນ້ອງ (nǭng), Lü ᦓᦸᧂᧉ (noang²), Tai Dam ꪙ꫁ꪮꪉ, Shan ၼွင်ႉ (nâ̰ung), Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜂𑜫 (noṅ), Bouyei nuangx, Tày noọng.
Unrelated to Chinese 孥 (nú).

used without 的; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(Can we date this quote?), “文昌河母亲河”performed by 吴不为:

vun² sio¹ hho², nong³ dim¹ dong¹ gai² hho²

文昌河 儂心中的河

文昌河 侬心中的河

nong³ di⁵ vun² sio¹ nang², nong³ ai⁴ nong³ gai² ge¹ hhiang¹

儂是文昌人 儂愛儂個家鄉

侬是文昌人 侬爱侬个家乡

2019, “不到海南島 [Lovely Hainan Island]”performed by 黃明志 [Namewee] ft. 林俊逸 [Sean Lin]:

I am Mr. Hainan, who came from Danling village in Qionghai country^([sic – meaning county])

nong³ di⁵ hhai³ nam² a¹ go¹, lao⁵ su⁴ ddu⁵ heng² hhai³ ddan¹ lia³ sui¹

儂是海南阿哥 老厝置瓊海丹嶺村

侬是海南阿哥 老厝置琼海丹岭村

(Hainanese, polite, humble) Used as a first-person singular pronoun, especially used by someone in the younger generation.

(Hainanese, endearing) A pronoun used by someone in the older generation to refer to someone in the younger generation.


冷

(Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) woollen yarn (Classifier: 條／条 c; 嚿 c)


分

→ Malay: hun

→ Indonesian: hun

desc

→ Thai: หุน (hǔn, “a unit of length and weight”)

→ Zhuang: faen

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 八 (“to separate”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to separate with a knife.

Han compound

Obsolete. 皮 is used for SI prefix pico-.


嗎

吗
麼
吗
吗
嘛
麼
吗


困

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 囗 (“surround”) + 木 (“wood”). Probably the original form of 梱 (OC *ŋɡuːn, *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”) and 閫 (OC *kʰuːnʔ, “doorsill”).


妚

Possibly from a contraction of 許／许 (“that”) + 枚 (“(classifier)”) (Qian, 2002).

1992, 陈鸿迈, “海口方言的“妚””, in 语言研究, number 1, page 32:

妚月真光

(Hainanese) Prefix used in front of personal names or qualities to form a term of address.


姣

(obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious


姩

(Hainanese) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)


帶

带
帯
带
地
塊
處
带


幅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ): semantic 巾 (“clothing”) + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).

Han compound

(Cantonese, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua) Classifier for walls.


床

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (床):
* → Japanese: 床(しょう) (shō)
* → Korean: 상(床) (sang)

→ Bouyei: xaangz (“bed”)

→ Zhuang: congz (“bed”)

→ Proto-Vietic: *k-ɟəːŋ (“bed”)

Vietnamese: giường

Chut: kəcɨːŋ²

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Originally an unorthodox variant of 牀. Now made up of 广 (“house”) + 木 (“tree”), an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) representing a wooden furniture item (a bed) in a house.
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it may be related to Khmer រង (rɔɔng, “to support from below”), Old Mon [script needed] (joṅ, “couch; bedstead”). Compare also Burmese စင် (cang, “platform, stage”) (Luce, 1981).
Baxter & Sagart (2014) reconstructs OC prefixal *k- based on Vietic evidences: cf. Maleng [Brô] kacɨəŋ, Maleng [Kha Pong] kəcɨːŋ² , Chut [Sách, Rục] kəcɨːŋ².

cog

(Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Puxian Min, Zhongshan Min) table


弄

Probably from Lingao ȵam¹ (“to play”) (Fu, 2008).

2014, “O Nai”, in 强哥 [Mr Hiang] (lyrics), Maroon 5 and 强哥 [Mr Hiang] (music), 大海南, performed by 强哥 [Mr Hiang]:

If you come out to have fun, no need to be afraid of getting drunk, make it right

出來弄就毋甭惊食醉make it righ(t)

出來弄就毋甭驚食醉make it righ(t)

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to play; to have fun


息

(Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Zhongshan Min) great-grandchild (Classifier: 個／个 c)

† - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term


捌

Min dialectal word for "to know".
Austroasiatic substrate influence (Norman and Mei, 1976); may be related to 別 (“to split; to differentiate”). Cognate with Vietnamese biết (“to know”), Muong mắt (“to know”), Proto-Bahnaric *băt (“to remember, to know”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *pei (“to know”) (White Hmong paub (“to know, to understand”)).
Many variant written forms exist, but 捌 is recommended in the Taiwanese Hokkien Recommended Characters lists (《臺灣閩南語推薦用字》) published by Taiwan's Ministry of Education.

別
八
仈
白
𧧸
識
曾

(Hainanese) to know how to (do something)


捏

(Hainanese) to hold (a pen, chopsticks, etc.)


早

Early bronze inscriptions: Pictogram (象形) – acorn. Original form of 皂 (OC *zuːʔ) through an intermediate variant 皁 (once also written as 草 (cǎo)). Borrowed phonetically for "morning" sense.
Late bronze inscriptions: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsuːʔ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 棗 (OC *ʔsuːʔ), with 棗 sometimes simplified as 朿.
Small seal script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 日 (“sun”) + 甲 (“first”) – when the sun first rises. However, Xu Shen's interpretation is not based on oracle bones and bronzes inscriptions.
In some ancient texts, 蚤 (OC *ʔsuːʔ) was often used instead.
Unrelated to the ancient version of 是: in this character, it doesn't represent an acorn but a spoon.
Possible cognate found in Proto-Hmong-Mien *ntsi̯ouˣ (“early”), whence White Hmong ntxov and Iu Mien nziou (Baxter and Sagart, 2014; Schuessler, 2007), and Proto-Tai *ɟaːwꟲ (“early morning”), whence Thai เช้า (cháao) and Lü ᦋᧁᧉ (tsaw²). Note also similarities to Burmese စော (cau:, “early”).


枚

From Lingao mɔʔ⁸ (classifier for objects) (Fu, 2008).

(Can we date this quote?), 麦英, “海南鸡饭”, performed by 麦英:

Coffee with milk, rice balls and a capon, these are Hainan's classics.

Kopi牛奶飯珍雞閹 這枚就是海南經典

Kopi牛奶饭珍鸡阉 这枚就是海南经典

(Hainanese) Classifier for generic countable objects.


欠

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/

/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/

/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³²⁴/

Characters in the same phonetic series (欠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形) – a kneeling person with mouth open for various reasons (e.g., begging 欠, speaking and/or spitting while speaking 次, blowing 吹, singing 歌, desiring 欲, being tired 軟, vomiting 歐...).
The reversed version of this character is 㒫 > 旡 (e.g. 既), which must not be confused with 无.
Similar but unrelated to 卩, in which the person kneeling has the mouth shut.

Han etyl

(Leizhou Min, Hainanese) must; to have to


欲

For pronunciation and definitions of 欲 – see 慾 (“desire; lust”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 慾).
 Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
From the grammaticalization of 發 (OC *pad, “to send out; to go forth; to proceed”) (Tu, 2017).

och-l

𡟔
俗
覓
卜
發
勃
剝
憋

春天後母面，欲變一時間 / 春天后母面，欲变一时间

chhun-thiⁿ āu-bú bīn, beh piàn chi̍t sî-kan

Do you want to go to the library with me?

你欲佮我去圖書館無？

你欲佮我去图书馆无？

(Can we date this quote?), “琼海溜”, 卢海清 (lyrics), performed by 金岛乐团:

魯憋去哪溜

鲁憋去哪溜

(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Hainanese, Puxian Min) to want (to do)

If I were you, I would've slept earlier.

欲我，我就會較早睏。

欲我，我就会较早困。

卜是伊就好咯。

(Hokkien, Hainanese, Puxian Min) if (an adverb expressing assumptions)


歪

(Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided


波

(Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) ball (Classifier: 個／个 c; 粒 c)


澈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ded): semantic 水 (“water”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed)

Han compound

(Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Hokkien) clean


燃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *njen): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 然 (OC *njen) – burn with fire. Originally 然 (OC *njen), but because it was phonetically borrowed for abstract senses, 火 (huǒ) was added for differentiation.
Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Jingpho nan (“to light”), shanan (“torch”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

(Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) to burn (wood, coal, etc.)


猛

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (猛):
* → Japanese: 猛(もう) (mō)

→ Vietnamese: mạnh (猛, “powerful”)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mraːŋʔ): semantic 犬 + phonetic 孟 (OC *mraːŋs).

Han compound

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhangzhou and Penang Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) fast; quick


瘹

(Hainanese) alternative form of 痟 (“insane”)


盅

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ): phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs) + semantic 皿 (“dish; vessel”).
From 鍾 (OC *tjoŋ, “goblet”).

Han compound

(Hainanese) drinkware; cup (in general, with or without a handle)

2015, “海南鸡饭 [Hǎinán jīfàn]”performed by 麦英:

hai² ziah⁷ goi¹ iam¹, nid⁷ dih⁷ bui¹ zin¹, song¹ ziang¹ go¹ vi⁶, loh⁸ dih⁷ ghu² nin¹

Butcher a capon, make some rice balls, make a cup of coffee, add some milk

宰隻雞閹 捏地飯珍 沖盅kopi 落地牛奶

宰只鸡阉 捏地饭珍 冲盅kopi 落地牛奶

(Can we date this quote?), “椰子情”, 郭坚 (lyrics):

Give me a cup of coconut water to remove the hardship and weariness in my heart.

gib⁷ ghua³ yiag⁸ ziang¹ hhia² zi³ dui³, diao¹ su² dim¹ dong¹ hou³ gang¹ lui⁵

給我一盅椰子水 消除心中苦與累

给我一盅椰子水 消除心中苦与累

(Hainanese) Classifier for the amount of liquid or objects in a cup.


瞌

2014, 强哥 [Mr Hiang], “海南粉”, in 大海南, performed by 强哥 [Mr Hiang]:

Sleep early in the evening, wake up early at the break of dawn

暗上早早瞌 天光早早醒


糜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mral): phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 米 (“rice”).

Han compound

(Hainanese) cooked rice (general term, including congee)


縱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs): semantic 糸 + phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs).

Han compound

As a child, they were spoiled by their parents.

keoi⁵ sai³ go³ go² zan⁶⁻² baa¹⁻⁴ baa¹ maa¹⁻⁴ maa¹ hou² zung³ keoi⁵.

佢細個嗰陣爸爸媽媽好縱佢。

佢细个嗰阵爸爸妈妈好纵佢。

(dialectal, including Cantonese, Hainanese, Leizhou Mina, Liuzhou Mandarin, Loudi Xiang) to spoil; to pamper


肏

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, vulgar) to fuck


落

→ Ai-Cham: lau⁵

→ Thai: โละ (ló) (via Teochew loh⁸)

→ Vietnamese: lạc

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡ·raːɡ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 洛 (OC *ɡ·raːɡ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)la-k/y/t (“to fall”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007):
:within Sinitic, cognate to 露 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs) "dew", 下 (OC *ɡraːʔ, *ɡraːs, “down, below, to descend, to fall down”) , 陊 (OC *l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ) "to collapse" and 阤 (OC *l'alʔ, *hljalʔ) "hillside, slope";
:outsides Sinitic, cognate to Mizo tla ~ tlâk (“to fall”) and thla ~ thlâk (“to drop”), Burmese ကျ (kya., “to fall”) and ချ (hkya., “to drop”).
Schuessler attributes OC *r-, instead of expected **l-, to possible Austroasiatic influence: compare Khmer [script needed] (gra'ka, “be low, debased”) < [script needed] (-ra'ka, “to fall, below, cover from above”). However, Matisoff (2003) identifies several ST etyma which display TB *(C‑)l- vs. OC *(C‑)r‑ correspondence (e.g. *l(j)a(k/ŋ) (“good, beautiful”) → 良 (OC *raŋ), *g/m-liŋ (“neck”) → 領 (OC *reŋʔ), etc.) and TB *(C‑)r- vs. OC *(C‑)l‑ (e.g. *g-rjum (“salt”) → 鹽 (OC *ɡ·lam)); so irregularities in correspondence do not necessarily indicate foreign influences.
Contemporary southern usage possibly reinforced by a Kra-Dai term. The term has been associated with Zhuang loengx (“to fall”).
Zhengzhang suggested that Pronunciation 2 was a result of loss of final consonant of the retained Old Chinese Pronunciation 1.

cog

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to fade (of color)


裇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 衤 (“clothing”) + phonetic 血 (OC *qʰʷiːɡ), derived within Cantonese by replacing the radical of 恤 (seot¹).
Borrowed from English shirt, via Cantonese.

Han compound

(chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese) short for 裇衫 (shirt)


覓

觅
*覔
觅
𥌚
*覔
觅
觅
觅

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to look for; to seek


誰

谁
谁
倽
上
仩
谁
𪝊
𫢗
谁
谁
孰:chiâ
咜:chôa

(Hokkien, including Xiamen, Kinmenese, Magong and Singapore Hokkien; Teochew; Hainanese) who; whom


醋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰaːɡs): semantic 酉 + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ).


銀

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (銀):
* → Japanese: 銀(ぎん) (gin)
* → Okinawan: 銀(じん) (jin)
* → Korean: 은(銀) (eun)
* → Vietnamese: ngân (銀)

→ Proto-Hmong-Mien: *ɲʷi̯ən (“silver”)

White Hmong: nyiaj (“silver, money”)

→ Lao: ເງິນ (ngœn, “silver, money”)

→ Thai: เงิน (ngən, “silver, money”)

desc

→ Vietnamese: ngần (“silvery white; very white”)

→ Zhuang: ngaenz (“silver, money”)

/ᵑɡan²²⁻²²⁵/

/ᵑɡan²²⁻²²⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋrɯn): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ŋurl. Cognate with Tibetan དངུལ (dngul), Burmese ငွေ (ngwe).

Han compound

幾千銀

几千银

1969, 潘藩, directed by 陸邦, 相思甜如蜜 [My Sweetheart], spoken by 陳維才 (高魯泉 [Ko Lo Chuen]):

These two Qianlong-era vases of mine are worth ten grand.

ngo⁵ ni¹ loeng⁵ go³ kin⁴ lung⁴⁻² faa¹ zeon¹ aa³ zik⁶ sing⁴ maan⁶ ngan⁴ gaa³.

我呢兩個乾隆花樽啊值成萬銀㗎。

我呢两个乾隆花樽啊值成万银㗎。

一件五個銀，三件十五銀 [Teochew, trad.]
一件五个银，三件十五银 [Teochew, simp.]
zêg⁸ gian⁶ ngou⁶ gai⁵ ngêng⁵, san¹ gian⁶ zab⁸ ngou⁶ ngêng⁵ [Peng'im]

蔡俊明 [Choy Chun-ming], editor (1991), “銀 /银 (yín) ngeng˥”, in 潮州方言詞滙 /潮州方言词滙 (Cháozhōu fāngyán cíhuì), 香港 [Hong Kong]: 香港中文大學 /香港中文大学 [The Chinese University of Hong Kong]

five bucks for one, fifteen bucks for three

(Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhao'an Hakka) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck


靚

靓
靓
靓
精
倩
靓
像
倩

(Can we date this quote?), “琼海溜”, 卢海清 (lyrics)performed by 金岛乐团:

The paddy fields and the city are as beautiful as a painting

田園城市靚得跟畫一樣

田园城市靓得跟画一样

(Can we date this quote?), “海南鸡饭 [Hǎinán jīfàn]”performed by 麦英:

咋雞咋雞督雞督雞 督督督督督靚靚隻雞

咋鸡咋鸡督鸡督鸡 督督督督督靓靓只鸡


鬃

Zhuang: coeng

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ): semantic 髟 (“appearance of long hair”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ)

Han compound

騌/骔
𤙷
𥪗
𨲇
𣮤
騣

(Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) hair worn in a bun or coil; bun


麥

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (麥):
* → Vietnamese: mạch (麥)

Characters in the same phonetic series (來) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mrɯːɡ): phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic 夊 (“footprint pointing down; to walk slowly”); according to Xu Shen, its meaning is "wheat". 來 was the original character for “wheat”.
Several possible interpretations for the glyph:
* This character is a differentiation from 來, which originally meant "wheat". It was then phonetically borrowed since the oracle bones to mean "to come". During the Warring States period, 麥 is attested and perhaps was coined specifically to mean "come". Eventually, since 來 lost its original meaning, this meaning shifted to 麥.
* 夊 represents the ancient concept reported by Shuowen Jiezi that wheat came from the heavens (i.e., the Fertile Crescent).
* 夊 represents growth of the wheat plant.
Etymologically unrelated to 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ, “to come”). Schuessler (2007) suggests it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m‑rə(k) (“buckwheat”) and cognate with Tibetan བྲ་བོ (bra bo, “buckwheat”); also compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *g-ra² (“buckwheat”). STEDT compares 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bra (“buckwheat”) (provisional).
Starostin (2009), on the other hand, compares this to Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”), Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”), Old Japanese 麦 (mugi₁, “wheat; barley”).


黑

(Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) alternative form of 烏 /乌 (“black”)


無用

/mou̯²¹ jʊŋ²²/

/mo¹¹ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/

/mo¹¹ ŋiʊŋ⁵³/

/bu²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/

/bu¹³⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

/bu²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/

/bo¹³⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

/bo²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/

/bo²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ²²/

/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ eŋ¹¹/

/mou̯²¹ jʊŋ²²/

/mo¹¹ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/

/mo¹¹ ŋiʊŋ⁵³/

/bu²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/

/bu¹³⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

/bu²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/

/bo¹³⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

/bo²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/

/bo²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ²²/

/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ eŋ¹¹/


病囝

/paŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ kiaŋ³³/

/pa¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/pã²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ỹã³³²/

/pĩ²²⁻²¹ kiã⁵³/

/pĩ³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁵³/

/pĩ⁴¹⁻²² kã⁵⁵⁴/

/pẽ³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴¹/

/pẽ³³⁻²¹ kiã⁵³/

/pẽ³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁵³/

/pɛ̃²²⁻²¹ kiã⁵³/

/pĩ³³⁻²² kã⁵⁵/

/pɛ³⁵⁻³³ kia³¹/

/paŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ kiaŋ³³/

/pa¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/pã²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ỹã³³²/

/pĩ²²⁻²¹ kiã⁵³/

/pĩ³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁵³/

/pĩ⁴¹⁻²² kã⁵⁵⁴/

/pẽ³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴¹/

/pẽ³³⁻²¹ kiã⁵³/

/pẽ³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁵³/

/pɛ̃²²⁻²¹ kiã⁵³/

/pĩ³³⁻²² kã⁵⁵/

/pɛ³⁵⁻³³ kia³¹/

(Fuzhou Eastern Min, Datian Min, Hailufeng Min, Hainanese) to be pregnant


老爸

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/

/lɒ¹¹⁻⁴² ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɒ¹¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁴² ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɒ²¹/

/lau²²⁻¹¹ pe²²/

/lau³³⁻²¹ pe³³/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ pe³³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ pe²²/

/lau³³⁻²² pe³³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ pɛ²²/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/

/lɒ¹¹⁻⁴² ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɒ¹¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁴² ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɒ²¹/

/lau²²⁻¹¹ pe²²/

/lau³³⁻²¹ pe³³/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ pe³³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ pe²²/

/lau³³⁻²² pe³³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ pɛ²²/


糜粥

(Eastern Min, Hainanese, Luoyuan Shehua) congee; rice porridge


日頭

Wutunhua: raitek

/ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ʐ̩ʔ⁵ tʰəɯ²⁴/

/ə²⁴ tʰou²⁴/

/ɛɻ²⁴ tʰou²⁴/

/jɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/jɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/zɐk̚²² tʰau²¹⁻³⁵/

/ᵑɡit̚³² heu²²⁻²¹/

/ᵑɡit̚³² heu²²⁻²¹⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵⁵ tʰɐu⁴²/

/n̠ʲit̚⁵ tʰɛu²/

/ŋit̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/

/ŋit⁵⁻² tʰeu⁵⁵/

/ʐəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ təu¹¹/

/nˡiʔ⁵⁻³³ tʰau⁵³/

/tiʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/tʰɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/tʰiʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/lit̚²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚³²⁻²¹ tʰau¹¹/

/lit̚⁵⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚³⁵⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚²³⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚⁵³⁻¹ tʰau²⁴/

/d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/d͡zit̚³⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/d͡zit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/zit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/

/d͡zit̚¹⁴⁻³³ tʰau²¹³/

/d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/let̚²³⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/ɲət̚²⁴ tʰəu²¹/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dø²⁴/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ²² dɯ⁵³/

/ɦn̠ʲiəʔ²² dɵ⁵⁵/

/n̠ʲieʔ¹¹ dɤ⁵²/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ²² dœʏ³⁵/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ døy/

/n̠ʲiəʔ²¹ diu¹⁴/

/ʐ̩²⁴ təu̯³/

/ni³⁵ di̯ɤ¹³⁻³³/

/ʑ̊i¹¹ d̥ɘu̯¹¹/

/ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ʐ̩ʔ⁵ tʰəɯ²⁴/

/ə²⁴ tʰou²⁴/

/ɛɻ²⁴ tʰou²⁴/

/jɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/jɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/zɐk̚²² tʰau²¹⁻³⁵/

/ᵑɡit̚³² heu²²⁻²¹/

/ᵑɡit̚³² heu²²⁻²¹⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵⁵ tʰɐu⁴²/

/n̠ʲit̚⁵ tʰɛu²/

/ŋit̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/

/ŋit⁵⁻² tʰeu⁵⁵/

/ʐəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ təu¹¹/

/nˡiʔ⁵⁻³³ tʰau⁵³/

/tiʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/tʰɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/tʰiʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/lit̚²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚³²⁻²¹ tʰau¹¹/

/lit̚⁵⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚³⁵⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚²³⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/lit̚⁵³⁻¹ tʰau²⁴/

/d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/d͡zit̚³⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

/d͡zit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/zit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²³/

/d͡zit̚¹⁴⁻³³ tʰau²¹³/

/d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/let̚²³⁻² tʰau²⁴/

/ɲət̚²⁴ tʰəu²¹/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dø²⁴/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ²² dɯ⁵³/

/ɦn̠ʲiəʔ²² dɵ⁵⁵/

/n̠ʲieʔ¹¹ dɤ⁵²/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ²² dœʏ³⁵/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ døy/

/n̠ʲiəʔ²¹ diu¹⁴/

/ʐ̩²⁴ təu̯³/

/ni³⁵ di̯ɤ¹³⁻³³/

/ʑ̊i¹¹ d̥ɘu̯¹¹/

He is present with us at night the same as during the day. Whether at home or abroad, it is all the same: his eye does not sleep.

1894, James Dyer Ball, Readings in Cantonese Colloquial, page 62

keoi⁵ je⁶ maan⁵ tung⁴ maai⁴ ngo⁵ dei⁶ hai⁶ hou² ci⁵ jat⁶ tau⁴⁻² jat¹ joeng⁶, ngo⁵ dei⁶ ceot¹ ngoi⁶ hou² ci⁵ hai² uk¹ kei² jat¹ joeng⁶, keoi⁵ ge³ ngaan⁵ m⁴ fan³.

佢夜晚同埋我哋係好似日頭一樣、我哋出外好似喺屋𨀣一樣、佢嘅眼唔瞓。

佢夜晚同埋我哋系好似日头一样、我哋出外好似喺屋𨀣一样、佢嘅眼唔𰥛。

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

2006, 聖經——新廣東話 (The Holy Bible—New Cantonese Bible), 馬可福音 (Mark) 4:27

keoi⁵ je⁶ maan⁵ fan³ gaau³, jat⁶ tau⁴⁻² hei² san¹, zung² zi² faat³ ngaa⁴ sang¹ zoeng², dim² gaai² wui⁵ gam² joeng⁶⁻², keoi⁵ m⁴ zi¹.

佢夜晚瞓覺，日頭起身，種子發芽生長，點解會噉樣，佢唔知。

佢夜晚𰥛觉，日头起身，种子发芽生长，点解会噉样，佢唔知。

(Central Plains Mandarin, Cantonese, Longyan Min, Teochew, Zhongshan Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, dialectal Wu) daytime


聽講

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰɪŋ³³ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/tʰin⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰɪŋ³³ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/tʰin⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

/hiaŋ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰaŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/

/tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kɔŋ³¹/

/tʰiã³³ kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴¹/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴²/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/hiaŋ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰaŋ²⁴ koŋ³¹/

/tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kɔŋ³¹/

/tʰiã³³ kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴¹/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴²/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁵³/

/tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/tʰin⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Huizhou, Pinghua, Zhejiang Wu, Xiang) to be obedient


目睭

/mɛiʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu⁵⁵/

/møyʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu⁵⁵/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³³/

/maʔ⁴⁻² t͡siu⁵⁴⁴/

/bak̚²⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/

/bak̚³²⁻²¹ t͡siu³³⁴/

/mɛiʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu⁵⁵/

/møyʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu⁵⁵/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³³/

/maʔ⁴⁻² t͡siu⁵⁴⁴/

/bak̚²⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/

/bak̚³²⁻²¹ t͡siu³³⁴/

(Teochew, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) eyeball


光棍

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯əɻ⁵¹/

/kuɑŋ²⁴ kuŋ²⁴/

/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/

/kuɒ̃¹¹ kuŋ⁴⁵/

/kuaŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³/

/kuoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋouŋ²¹³/

/kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɔŋ⁴²/

/kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuoŋ⁴²/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/

/kɔŋ³³ kun⁴¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun¹¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²¹/

/kuɑ̃⁵⁵ kuən²¹/

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ən⁵¹/

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯əɻ⁵¹/

/kuɑŋ²⁴ kuŋ²⁴/

/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/

/kuɒ̃¹¹ kuŋ⁴⁵/

/kuaŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³/

/kuoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋouŋ²¹³/

/kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɔŋ⁴²/

/kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuoŋ⁴²/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/

/kɔŋ³³ kun⁴¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun¹¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²¹/

/kuɑ̃⁵⁵ kuən²¹/

Kǒngpà shì wàifāng de shénme guānggùn, dǎ zhe tàizūn de qíhào, dàochù lái piàn rén de qián. Nǐ bùyào shàng tā de dàng!

恐怕是外方的甚麼光棍，打著太尊的旗號，到處來騙人的錢。你不要上他的當！

恐怕是外方的什么光棍，打着太尊的旗号，到处来骗人的钱。你不要上他的当！

(Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Eastern Min, Puxian Min, dated in Mandarin) conman; swindler; trickster


豆油

→ Bikol Central: tawyo

→ Kanakanabu: tau'iu

→ Malay: tauyu, toyu

→ Tagalog: toyo

/toʊ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/

/təu²¹³ iəu²¹/

/tɐu̯²² jɐu̯²¹/

/tʰeu̯⁵⁵ i̯u¹¹/

/tau²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/

/tau³¹⁻²² iu²⁴/

/tau³³⁻²¹ iu²⁴/

/tau³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/

/tau³³⁻²¹ iu²³/

/tau⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/

/tau²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/

/dɤ²² ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

/toʊ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/

/təu²¹³ iəu²¹/

/tɐu̯²² jɐu̯²¹/

/tʰeu̯⁵⁵ i̯u¹¹/

/tau²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/

/tau³¹⁻²² iu²⁴/

/tau³³⁻²¹ iu²⁴/

/tau³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/

/tau³³⁻²¹ iu²³/

/tau⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/

/tau²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/

/dɤ²² ɦiɤ⁴⁴/


細心

/ɕi⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/

/ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^((ɬ-))liŋ⁵³³/

/ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^((ɬ-))liŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/

/se²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/

/ɕi⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/

/ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^((ɬ-))liŋ⁵³³/

/ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^((ɬ-))liŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/

/se²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/


龍船

/lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

/lʊŋ²¹ syːn²¹/

/liʊŋ¹¹ sɔn¹¹/

/l̃uŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nuŋ⁵³/

/lœŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))nɔŋ¹³/

lyoeng² suong² [Phonetic:lyoeng⁵ nuong²]

/liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/

/liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

/liɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sun¹³/

/liɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

/liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/

/lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

/lʊŋ²¹ syːn²¹/

/liʊŋ¹¹ sɔn¹¹/

/l̃uŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nuŋ⁵³/

/lœŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))nɔŋ¹³/

/liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/

/liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

/liɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sun¹³/

/liɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

/liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/


血筋

(Hokkien, Hainanese) blood vessel (Classifier: 條／条 mn)


手目

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ mak̚⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ mak̚⁴/

(Hainanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) protrusion at the wrist


膝頭

/ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/sɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ɕit̚⁵ tʰɛu²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰit̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/sɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ɕit̚⁵ tʰɛu²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰit̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/

(literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Guangxi Min, Pinghua) knee


㾀

† - euphemistic; ‡ - usually of the elderly; ¤ - humorous; § - derogatory/disrespectful

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) bad; not good
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) of bad character


我儂

→ Malay: kita orang, kitorang (calque)

/wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵/

/kuaʔ³²⁻⁴ naŋ¹³/

/kuaʔ³²⁻⁴ naŋ²⁴/

/ɡua⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/ua⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ laŋ²³/

/ua⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/ŋu²² noŋ⁴⁴/

/ɦu²² noŋ⁴⁴/

/wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵/

/kuaʔ³²⁻⁴ naŋ¹³/

/kuaʔ³²⁻⁴ naŋ²⁴/

/ɡua⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/ua⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ laŋ²³/

/ua⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/ŋu²² noŋ⁴⁴/

/ɦu²² noŋ⁴⁴/

(dialectal Eastern Min, Malaysian Hokkien, Singapore Hokkien and Longyan Min, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) we; us


今旦

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/

/kiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nɑŋ²¹³/

/kiŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nua⁴²/

/kiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nua⁴²/

/kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã¹¹/

/kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã²¹/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã¹¹/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã²¹/

/kiŋ³⁵⁻³³ nua²¹/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/

/kiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nɑŋ²¹³/

/kiŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nua⁴²/

/kiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nua⁴²/

/kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã¹¹/

/kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã²¹/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã¹¹/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã²¹/

/kiŋ³⁵⁻³³ nua²¹/

(Eastern Min, Datian Min, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Puxian Min) today


鳥仔

/tiau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/

/t͡sɛu³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/

/t͡sɛu³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

(Pingxiang Gan, Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) little bird


柿餅

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ piɤ̯̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiː¹³⁻³⁵ pɛːŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ pi̯aŋ³¹/

/kʰi²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiaŋ³³/

/kʰi³³⁻²¹ piã⁴¹/

/kʰi³³⁻¹¹ piã⁵³/

/sai³⁵⁻¹¹ pĩã⁵²/

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁻¹¹ pin⁴¹/

/sz̩²¹⁻¹¹ pin⁴¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ piɤ̯̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiː¹³⁻³⁵ pɛːŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ pi̯aŋ³¹/

/kʰi²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiaŋ³³/

/kʰi³³⁻²¹ piã⁴¹/

/kʰi³³⁻¹¹ piã⁵³/

/sai³⁵⁻¹¹ pĩã⁵²/

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁻¹¹ pin⁴¹/

/sz̩²¹⁻¹¹ pin⁴¹/

(Yulin Yue, Xingye Hakka, Hainanese) persimmon


滴滴

/tɪk̚⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

/tɪk̚⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified)


香油

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/

/ɕiaŋ⁵⁵ iəu²¹/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

/hi̯oŋ²⁴ i̯u¹¹/

/ɕiɒ̃¹¹ iəu¹¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/hiɔŋ³³ iu²⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/

/ɕiaŋ⁵⁵ iəu²¹/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

/hi̯oŋ²⁴ i̯u¹¹/

/ɕiɒ̃¹¹ iəu¹¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/hiɔŋ³³ iu²⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/

/hiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/


食煙

(Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Northern Min) to smoke


飛鼠

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (飛鼠):
* → Japanese: 飛鼠(ひそ) (hiso)
* → Korean: 비서(飛鼠) (biseo)

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/puei⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰy³³²/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁵³/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴²/

/pe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴²/

/pe⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pə⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁴²/

/pə³³ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/puɛ³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰu³¹/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/puei⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰy³³²/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁵³/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴²/

/pe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴²/

/pe⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pə⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁴²/

/pə³³ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/puɛ³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰu³¹/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

/pue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

/pe⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats [World English Bible]

dong¹ go³ jat⁶, jan⁴ bit¹ kaai³ keoi⁵ ngan⁴ zou⁶ ge³ ngau⁵ zoeng⁶, waak⁶ gam¹ zou⁶ ge³ ngau⁵ zoeng⁶, zik¹ so² zing² lai⁴ baai³ ge³, wing¹ heoi³ bei² sou¹ syu² gung⁶ fei¹ syu² lai⁴ jung⁶

當個日、人必𢬿佢銀做嘅偶像、或金做嘅偶像、卽所整嚟拜嘅、𢫕去俾臊鼠共飛鼠嚟用

当个日、人必𢬿佢银做嘅偶像、或金做嘅偶像、即所整嚟拜嘅、𢫕去俾臊鼠共飞鼠嚟用

(ancient dialect or Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Puxian Min, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin, Yuebei Tuhua) bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

ancient dialect or Cantonese; Guangxi Mandarin; ancient dialect or Cantonese; Guangxi Mandarin


得閒

/tɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

/tɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

If you are free, I would like to ask you out for yum cha.

jyu⁴ gwo² nei⁵ dak¹ haan⁴, ngo⁵ soeng² ceng² nei⁵ jam² caa⁴.

如果你得閒，我想請你飲茶。

如果你得闲，我想请你饮茶。

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese) to have the time; to be available; to have extra free time


講笑

/kɔːŋ³⁵ siːu̯³³/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ siːu̯³³⁻³⁵/

/kɔŋ³¹ ɕiau⁵³/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio¹¹/

/kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/

/kɔŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ siːu̯³³/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ siːu̯³³⁻³⁵/

/kɔŋ³¹ ɕiau⁵³/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio¹¹/

/kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/

/kɔŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹/

你講笑咩！

你讲笑咩！

Don't be angry, I was just joking with you.

Mài siū-khì, góa sī kah lí kóng-chhiò--ê.

莫受氣，我是佮汝講笑的。

莫受气，我是佮汝讲笑的。

(Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Hainanese) to joke; to kid; to make a joke; to joke around


菲林

/fei̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹⁻³⁵/

/fei⁵⁵ lim²²⁻²²⁵/

/fi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lim¹¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹⁻³⁵/

/fei⁵⁵ lim²²⁻²²⁵/

/fi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lim¹¹/

沖洗菲林

冲洗菲林

沖曬菲林

冲晒菲林

(photography, chiefly Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Singapore Hokkien, Teochew, dated in Mandarin) film (Classifier: 捲／卷 c; 筒 c; 格 c)


肚困

/tou⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰuŋ²¹³/

/tou⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰuŋ²¹³/


天光

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kuɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuoŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ kuŋ⁵³³/

/tʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ kŋ̍⁵⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ³³ kŋ̍³³/

/tʰĩ³³ kuĩ³³/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ kuĩ⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ kɯŋ³³/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kuɔŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuoŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ kuŋ⁵³³/

/tʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ kŋ̍⁵⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ³³ kŋ̍³³/

/tʰĩ³³ kuĩ³³/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ kuĩ⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ kɯŋ³³/

(Liancheng Hakka, Huizhou, Hainanese, Wenzhounese) breakfast


白鴿

/paɪ̯³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² kɐp̚³⁻³⁵/

/paːk̚² kaːp̚³⁻³⁵/

/pak̚³² ap̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/paʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃ɑʔ²⁴/

/paɪ̯³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² kɐp̚³⁻³⁵/

/paːk̚² kaːp̚³⁻³⁵/

/pak̚³² ap̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/paʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃ɑʔ²⁴/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Northern Min, Eastern Min, Zhongshan Min, Zhejiang Wu) pigeon; dove (regardless of colors)


番豆

/fan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu⁵³/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ tau¹¹/

/huaŋ³⁵⁻³³ tau³⁵/

/fan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu⁵³/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ tau¹¹/

/huaŋ³⁵⁻³³ tau³⁵/

(Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Pinghe Hokkien, dialectal Cantonese) peanut


汝儂

→ Malay: kau orang, korang (calque)

/nˡy³³⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/

/lɯ⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/li⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/lu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ laŋ²³/

/nˡy³³⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/

/lɯ⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/li⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/

/lu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ laŋ²³/

(Eastern Min; Longyan Min, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien; Hainanese; Leizhou Min) you (plural)


丈夫囝

唐晡囝
查埔囝
打埠囝
逗囝

/touŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾muo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ta⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/

/ta⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/

/ta⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/ta³³ pɔ³³ kã⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/

/t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/

/ta³³⁻²³ pou³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/tau³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/touŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾muo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ta⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/

/ta⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/

/ta⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/ta³³ pɔ³³ kã⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/

/t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/

/ta³³⁻²³ pou³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/tau³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Singapore Hokkien, Hainanese) son


昨晡日

/t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ pu²⁴ ŋit̚²/

/t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ pu²⁴ ŋit̚²/

/t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴ ŋit̚²/

/t͡sʰɔk̚⁵ pu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋit̚¹/

/t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ pu²⁴ ŋit̚²/

/t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ pu²⁴ ŋit̚²/

/t͡sʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴ ŋit̚²/

/t͡sʰɔk̚⁵ pu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋit̚¹/


食早

/sieʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡sa³³/

/sieʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡sa³³/

(Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to have breakfast


手鎖

/t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lo³³/

/t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lo³³/


紅毛塗

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹² mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ¹³⁻²² mɔ̃¹³⁻²² tʰɔ¹³/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ tʰɔ²³/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ²⁴/

/a²⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²² mɔ²² tʰɛu²²/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹² mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ¹³⁻²² mɔ̃¹³⁻²² tʰɔ¹³/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ tʰɔ²³/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ²⁴/

/a²⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ²⁴/

/aŋ²² mɔ²² tʰɛu²²/

巩红毛涂 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
khōng âng-mn̂g-thô͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min) cement


手襪

/sɐu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²/

/sɐu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²/

/sɐu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/

1962, 舒巷城, 太陽下山了:

Yuk Ngan Leung was knitting mittens under the light. Those mittens were taken from the sock factory.

loeng⁴ juk⁶ ngan⁴ zoi⁶ dang¹ haa⁶ zik¹ sau² mat⁶; naa⁵ se¹ sau² mat⁶ si⁶ cung⁴ mat⁶ cong² ling⁵ wui⁴ loi⁴ dik¹.

梁玉銀在燈下織手襪；那些手襪是從襪廠領回來的。

1962, 舒巷城, 太陽下山了:

梁玉银在灯下织手袜；那些手袜是从袜厂领回来的。

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Hainanese) glove; mitten (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 對／对 c)


波鞋

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ haːi̯²¹/

/pɔ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai²¹/

/pᵘɔ³³ hai²²/

/po³³⁻²³ oi⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ haːi̯²¹/

/pɔ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai²¹/

/pᵘɔ³³ hai²²/

/po³³⁻²³ oi⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Hainanese, Teochew, Zhongshan Min) sneakers; trainers; athletic shoes (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 對／对 c)


目汁

/mʊk̚¹ t͡səp̚¹/

/mʊk̚¹ t͡səp̚¹/

(Can we date this quote?), “耶穌係主”performed by 客家聖樂團:

He will come to wipe away our tears and remove our sorrows.

Kì oi lòi chhu̍t-thet ên ke muk-chṳp, sêu-thet ên ke pî-ôi.

𥘹愛來捽忒𫣆个目汁，消忒𫣆个悲哀。

𥘹爱来捽忒𫣆个目汁，消忒𫣆个悲哀。

2020, “南下列車 [Train to the South]”performed by 羅文裕 [Wing Lo]:

fa kóng yit-pan muk-chṳp tiet-lo̍k lióng sâm hòng

話講一半目汁滴落兩三行

话讲一半目汁滴落两三行

Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板白蓮花全歌》, volume 1, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 12v:

Madam Gim1 listened with tears flowing / The words she wanted to say pressed in her throat

gim¹ si⁶ tian¹ suêh⁴ mag⁸ zab⁴ lao⁵ / u⁶ uê⁷ ain³ dan³ dou¹ ngê⁶ ao⁵

金氏听說目汁流/有話欲呾都硬喉

金氏听说目汁流/有话欲呾都硬喉

(Hakka, Eastern Min, Zhao'an and Dongshan Hokkien, Longyan Min, Datian Min, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Sanxiang Min, Central Min, Shaojiang Min) tears


耳鉤

→ Bikol Central: hikaw

→ Tagalog: hikaw

/hi³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/

/hi²²⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/

/hi³³⁻²² kau³³/

/hĩ³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/

/hĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ kau³³/

/hi³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/

/hi²²⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/

/hi³³⁻²² kau³³/

/hĩ³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/

/hĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ kau³³/


賊囝

/t͡sʰɛiʔ⁵⁻³³ kiaŋ³³/

/t͡sʰak̚⁴⁻² kĩã⁵²/

/t͡sʰɛiʔ⁵⁻³³ kiaŋ³³/

/t͡sʰak̚⁴⁻² kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese, Puxian Min) thief


豬囝

/ty⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ty⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/ty⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ã³³²/

/tu³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/

/tu⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/tɯ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/ty⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ty⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/ty⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ã³³²/

/tu³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/

/tu⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/tɯ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Yongchun, Indonesian and Malaysian Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) piglet


椅囝

/ie³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ie³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/


雞角

/kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɔyʔ²⁴/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aʔ²¹/

/ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aʔ²/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²/

/kue⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/

/ke⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/

/ke³³⁻²¹ kak̚³/

/kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɔyʔ²⁴/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aʔ²¹/

/ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aʔ²/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²/

/kue⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/

/ke⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/

/ke³³⁻²¹ kak̚³/


鋪頭

/pʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/pʰou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰu³³ heu²²⁻²²⁵/

/pʰou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

/pʰu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/pʰou̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰu³³ heu²²⁻²²⁵/

/pʰou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/

/pʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/pʰu⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

pʰu⁵⁵ ta³³ pa¹³ yɛ⁵⁵ mai³³

pʰu⁵⁵ ta³³ pa¹³ yɛ⁵⁵ mai³³

[pʰu⁵⁵ ta³³ pa¹³ yɛ⁵⁵ mai³³]

鋪頭不煙賣。

pʰu⁵⁵ ta³³ pa¹³ yɛ⁵⁵ mai³³

pʰu⁵⁵ ta³³ pa¹³ yɛ⁵⁵ mai³³

[pʰu⁵⁵ ta³³ pa¹³ yɛ⁵⁵ mai³³]

铺头不烟卖。

(literary or Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese, Pinghua, Jinhua Wu, Waxiang) store; shop (Classifier: 間／间 c)

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


家婆

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡ɕia⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/

/kaː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ka³³ pʰᵘɔ²²⁻²²⁵/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/

/ke⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/

/kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

/kʰe³³⁻²³ po⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡ɕia⁵⁵ pʰo²¹/

/kaː⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ka³³ pʰᵘɔ²²⁻²²⁵/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/

/ke⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/

/kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

/kʰe³³⁻²³ po⁵⁵/

(Southwestern Mandarin, including Chongqing Sichuanese and Guangxi Mandarin; Singapore Mandarin; Cantonese; dialectal Hakka; Gan; Leizhou Min; Hainanese) mother-in-law (husband's mother)


金瓜

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

/kɐm⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

/kim²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/

/t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ kua¹¹/

/kiŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋua⁵⁵/

/kim⁵⁵⁻³³ kuɛ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

/kɐm⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

/kim²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/

/t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ kua¹¹/

/kiŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋua⁵⁵/

/kim⁵⁵⁻³³ kuɛ⁵⁵/


老弟

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/lou̯¹³ tɐi̯²²/

/lau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰi¹/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ tʰai⁵³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹/

/lɑʊ̯³³ ti³²⁴⁻³¹/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

/lou̯¹³ tɐi̯²²/

/lau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰi¹/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ tʰai⁵³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹/

/lɑʊ̯³³ ti³²⁴⁻³¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Pinghua, Xiang) younger brother


洗面

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/sɐi̯³⁵ miːn²²/

/ɬe⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ miŋ⁴²/

/ɬe³³²⁻²¹ miŋ⁴²/

/sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/

/se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/

/se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ miŋ¹¹/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ¹¹/

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/sɐi̯³⁵ miːn²²/

/ɬe⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ miŋ⁴²/

/ɬe³³²⁻²¹ miŋ⁴²/

/sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/

/se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/

/se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ miŋ¹¹/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ¹¹/

(Hainanese, childish) to take a shower or bath


風瘤

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/

(Hainanese, Xiamen and Singapore Hokkien, Leizhou Min) urticaria


烏青

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/vu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/

/u⁵⁴ t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ou³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ³³/

/ɛu³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ³⁵/

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin²¹/

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/vu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/

/u⁵⁴ t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ou³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ³³/

/ɛu³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ³⁵/

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin²¹/


燈膽

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/

/tɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tam³¹/

/teŋ³³⁻²³ tã⁵²/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/

/tɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tam³¹/

/teŋ³³⁻²³ tã⁵²/

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) light bulb (Classifier: 個／个 c; 隻／只 c)


水筆

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ pit⁵/

/t͡sui⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾iʔ²¹/

/t͡sui³³²⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiʔ²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ pit⁵/

/t͡sui⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾iʔ²¹/

/t͡sui³³²⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiʔ²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pit̚⁵/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pit̚³²/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Jin, Pinghua, Quanzhou Hokkien, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Xiang) fountain pen


底帶

(Quanzhou Hokkien, Haifeng Southern Min; Hainanese) what place; where


鋸仔

/kœː³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ie³¹/

/ku¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ku²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/kɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/kɯ¹²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/ki²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/ki²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/kœː³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ie³¹/

/ku¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ku²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/kɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/kɯ¹²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/ki²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/ki²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

(Cantonese, Hainanese) small saw (Classifier: 把 c)


相爭

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saŋ²⁴/

/ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴ t͡saŋ⁴⁴/

/sã³³ t͡sĩ³³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

/sio³³⁻²¹ t͡sɛ̃³³/

/siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁴⁴/

/sio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɛ̃⁴⁴/

/sio⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

/sio³³⁻²³ t͡sẽ³³/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saŋ²⁴/

/ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴ t͡saŋ⁴⁴/

/sã³³ t͡sĩ³³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

/sio³³⁻²¹ t͡sɛ̃³³/

/siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁴⁴/

/sio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɛ̃⁴⁴/

/sio⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

/sio³³⁻²³ t͡sẽ³³/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Penang Hokkien, dialectal Eastern Min and Wu) to quarrel; to argue; to dispute


食糜

/t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bə²⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ muãi¹³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ mãi¹³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bə²⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ muãi¹³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ mãi¹³/

(Puxian Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to eat; to have a meal


火水

/fɔː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/fᵘɔ⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵/

/huɛ³¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui³¹/

/fɔː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/fᵘɔ⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵/

/huɛ³¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui³¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Leizhou Min) kerosene


食風

/sɪk̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ hɔŋ³³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sɪk̚² fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ hɔŋ³³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Calque of Malay makan angin (“to eat wind”) for the fourth sense.

calque

(Hainanese) to get a breath of fresh air


龜婆

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/kuɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/kuɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Liuzhou Mandarin) procuress; female brothel-keeper


目澀

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siap̚³²/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siap̚³²/

(Hokkien, Hainanese) feeling eye strain due to tiredness


才調

/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tiːu̯²²/

/t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ tʰi̯au̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tiːu̯²²/

/t͡sʰoi̯¹¹ tʰi̯au̯⁵⁵/

(Classical, Hainanese, Hakka, Singapore Hokkien) talent; ability


冰枝

/piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

/piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/


番葛

/hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kuaʔ³/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kuaʔ²/

/hueŋ³³⁻²³ kuaʔ²/

/hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kuaʔ³/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kuaʔ²/

/hueŋ³³⁻²³ kuaʔ²/

(Teochew, Haikou and Tunchang Hainanese) sweet potato


火擦

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

/he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵/

/hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

/he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵/

/hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵/

(Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) match (for lighting candles, cigars, etc.) (Classifier: 枝 mn)


跤腕

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² uã⁴²/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² uã⁵³/

/kʰa³³ uã⁵⁵/

/kʰa³³ uã⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² uã⁴²/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² uã⁵³/

/kʰa³³ uã⁵⁵/

/kʰa³³ uã⁵⁵⁴/

(Hainanese, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Singapore Hokkien) ankle (joint between foot and leg)


後腦

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɐu̯²² nou̯¹³/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɐu̯²² nou̯¹³/

/au²⁴²⁻⁵³ nˡo³³/

/au³³⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/

/au²⁴²⁻⁵³ nˡo³³/

/au³³⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/

(Eastern Min, Hainanese, Yudu Hakka, Jinjiang Hokkien, anatomy) back of the head


甜粄

Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year#English

(Hakka, Hainanese) a type of sweet nian gao (Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)


電燈膽

/tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/

/tʰiɛn⁵³ tɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tam³¹/

/tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/

/tʰiɛn⁵³ tɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tam³¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Hainanese) lightbulb


四跤蛇

/si³³ kʰau⁵⁴ yɛ³³/

si⁴ kor¹ syor² [Phonetic:si⁴ kor⁵ lyor²]

/ɬi⁴² kʰɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))lyɒ¹³/

/ɬi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kʰɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))lya²⁴/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua¹³/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰa³³ t͡sua²⁴/

/si³³ kʰau⁵⁴ yɛ³³/

/ɬi⁴² kʰɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))lyɒ¹³/

/ɬi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kʰɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))lya²⁴/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua¹³/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰa³³ t͡sua²⁴/

(Hainanese, Hokkien, Northern Min, Puxian Min) (venomous) lizard


圍爐

/weɪ̯³⁵ lu³⁵/

/wɐi̯²¹ lou̯²¹/

/ui²³⁻³³ lɔ²³/

/ui¹³⁻²² lɔ¹³/

/ui²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ²⁴/

/ui²⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²⁴/

/ui²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/

/ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou⁵⁵/

/weɪ̯³⁵ lu³⁵/

/wɐi̯²¹ lou̯²¹/

/ui²³⁻³³ lɔ²³/

/ui¹³⁻²² lɔ¹³/

/ui²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ²⁴/

/ui²⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²⁴/

/ui²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/

/ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou⁵⁵/

(Leizhou Min, Hainanese) Chinese New Year's Eve

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


牛舌

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ siːt̚³/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ siːt̚²/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡siʔ⁴/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡siʔ²⁴/

/ɡu¹³⁻²² t͡siʔ¹²¹/

/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡siʔ⁴/

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ siːt̚³/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ siːt̚²/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡siʔ⁴/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡siʔ²⁴/

/ɡu¹³⁻²² t͡siʔ¹²¹/

/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡siʔ⁴/


肚屎

/tu²⁴⁻³³ ʃi²⁴/

/tu²⁴⁻³³ ʃi²⁴/

(Hakka, Hainanese, Shehua) belly; stomach


棉衫

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² sã³³/

/mĩ¹³⁻²² sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²³⁻³³ sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² sã³³/

/mĩ¹³⁻²² sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ sã⁴⁴/

/mĩ²³⁻³³ sã⁴⁴/

(Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Pinghua) cotton-padded upper garment; cotton-padded jacket


皮卵

/pʰui⁵³⁻²¹ l̃ɑuŋ²⁴²/

/pʰue¹³⁻²² nuĩ²²/

/pʰue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ³⁵/

/pʰui⁵³⁻²¹ l̃ɑuŋ²⁴²/

/pʰue¹³⁻²² nuĩ²²/

/pʰue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ³⁵/

(dialectal Northern Min, Eastern Min, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese, Central Min) century egg

§ - one that has a pine branch pattern; † - made with duck egg; ‡ - made with chicken egg


貓鼠

/ŋiau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɯ⁵²/

/ŋiou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɯ⁵²/

/ŋiau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵²⁻²¹/

/ŋiau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɯ⁵²/

/ŋiou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɯ⁵²/

/ŋiau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵²⁻²¹/

猫鼠
𫫯鼠
老鼠
撓鼠
獟鼠

(Teochew, dialectal Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese) mouse; rat


糞箕

/fən⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/pɔŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵³³/

/poŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵³³/

/poŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵⁴⁴/

/puoŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵⁴⁴/

/pɯəŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵⁴⁴/

/pun²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

/pun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/

/pun²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

/pun¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

/pun²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/

/puŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ki³³/

/fən³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

/fəŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi/

/fən⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/pɔŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵³³/

/poŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵³³/

/poŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵⁴⁴/

/puoŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵⁴⁴/

/pɯəŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋi⁵⁴⁴/

/pun²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

/pun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/

/pun²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

/pun¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

/pun²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/

/puŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ki³³/

/fən³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

/fəŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi/

(dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Hainanese, Wu) dustpan


無相干

/mo¹¹ si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

/mo¹¹ si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

We're our own people, so it does not matter if we die working with each other.

ga¹ gi⁷ nang⁵, pah⁴ si² bho⁵ siang¹ gang¹.

家己人，拍死無相干。

家己人，拍死无相干。

Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板秦世美全歌》, volume 4, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 3r:

If I die, it does not matter / But my child is young, who shall he depend upon?

ciab⁴ sing¹ si² liou² bho⁵ siang¹ gang¹ / kui¹ ze² ni⁵ iun³ kao³ sui⁵ nang⁵

妾身死了無相干/亐子年㓜靠谁人

妾身死了无相干/亏子年幼靠谁人

(Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese) to not matter; to not be a big deal; to have no harm


無相干

/mo¹¹ si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

/mo¹¹ si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

/bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

(Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese) it doesn't matter; nevermind


葛薯

(Guangxi, dialectal Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) jicama


拍胎

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰai⁴⁴/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰai⁴⁴/

(Hainanese, Hokkien) to abort a fetus; to induce an abortion


缺喙

/kʰiɛ²⁴ t͡sʰy³³/

/kʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰui²¹³/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui¹¹/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰiʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹³/

/kʰiɛ²⁴ t͡sʰy³³/

/kʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰui²¹³/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui¹¹/

/kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰiʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹³/


暝昏

/ma¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uei⁵³³/

/ma²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ũĩ⁵⁴⁴/

/mẽ²³⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

/me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯŋ³³/

/me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ̃³³/

/ma¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uei⁵³³/

/ma²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ũĩ⁵⁴⁴/

/mẽ²³⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

/me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯŋ³³/

/me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ̃³³/

(Teochew, Hainanese) dinner (evening meal)


柴屐

→ Indonesian: cakiak

→ Malay: cakiak

→ Tagalog: sakya

/t͡sʰa⁵³⁻³³ kʰiaʔ⁵/

/t͡sʰa²³⁻²¹ kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²¹ kiaʔ⁴³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kiaʔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻³³ kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kiaʔ²⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² kiaʔ¹²¹/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹² kʰiaʔ⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰa⁵³⁻³³ kʰiaʔ⁵/

/t͡sʰa²³⁻²¹ kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²¹ kiaʔ⁴³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kiaʔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻³³ kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kiaʔ²⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kiaʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² kiaʔ¹²¹/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹² kʰiaʔ⁵⁴/


鵝仔

/ŋɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ŋɔː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ŋyɛ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/

/ɡia¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/ɡia²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/ɡia²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ɡo²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/ɡɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/ɡo¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/ŋɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ŋɔː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ŋyɛ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/

/ɡia¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/ɡia²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/ɡia²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ɡo²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/ɡɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/ɡo¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

(Cantonese, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese, Northern Min) gosling


下旰

(Teochew, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min) afternoon


薑母

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mo³³/

/kieu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾o⁴⁵³/

/kĩũ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mo³³²/

/kiũ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

/kiũ³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/

/kiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ bo⁵³/

/kiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/

/kiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁵³/

/kiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/

/kĩẽ³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

/kĩõ³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mo³³/

/kieu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾o⁴⁵³/

/kĩũ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mo³³²/

/kiũ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

/kiũ³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/

/kiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ bo⁵³/

/kiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/

/kiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁵³/

/kiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/

/kĩẽ³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

/kĩõ³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hainanese, in general) ginger


牛囝

/ŋu⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ku¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/ku²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ĩã³³²/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/ɡu²³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/

/ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

/ŋu⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ku¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/ku²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ĩã³³²/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/ɡu²³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/

/ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Yongchun and Penang Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) calf (young cow or bull) (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)


跤肚

/kʰa⁵⁵⁻⁵³ tu³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴²/

/kʰa³³ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁴¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁵³/

/kʰa⁵⁵⁻⁵³ tu³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴²/

/kʰa³³ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁴¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁵³/

(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Hainanese) calf of the leg


大陸仔

/taːi̯²² lʊk̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/tai⁴¹⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴⁻² a⁵⁵⁴/

/taːi̯²² lʊk̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/tai⁴¹⁻²² liɔk̚²⁴⁻² a⁵⁵⁴/

(Hainanese) any Chinese mainlander from provinces other than Hainan


頭額

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² hiaʔ¹²¹/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hiaʔ²⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ hiaʔ⁴³/

/tʰau²³⁻²¹ hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻³³ hiaʔ⁵/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹² hiaʔ⁵⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻³³ hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² hiaʔ¹²¹/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hiaʔ²⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ hiaʔ⁴³/

/tʰau²³⁻²¹ hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻³³ hiaʔ⁵/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹² hiaʔ⁵⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻³³ hiaʔ⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² hiaʔ⁴/

(chiefly Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Fuqing Eastern Min) forehead


雞頭

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/kue⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/ke⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/koi³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/kue⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/ke⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/ke⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/koi³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

(dialectal Cantonese, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Singapore Hokkien) (uncastrated adult) rooster


吊脰

(Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to hang oneself (to commit suicide)


啞口

/jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ⁵³/

/a¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/

/a²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ⁴¹/

/jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ⁵³/

/a¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/

/a²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ⁴¹/

/e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

/e⁴²⁻²⁴ kau⁴²/

/e⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁵³/

/e⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/

/e⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kau⁵⁵/

/e⁵³⁻²⁴ kau⁵³/

/ẽ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁵³/

/ɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

/ɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

/ɛ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kau⁴⁴⁵/

/iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/

/e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

/e⁴²⁻²⁴ kau⁴²/

/e⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁵³/

/e⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/

/e⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kau⁵⁵/

/e⁵³⁻²⁴ kau⁵³/

/ẽ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁵³/

/ɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

/ɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³/

/ɛ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kau⁴⁴⁵/

/iak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴/

哑口
哑口
啞狗
嗌狗
啞九
矮九
矮狗

(Hokkien, Hainanese, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) mute person; dumb person


一日到暗

/ʒit⁵⁻² ŋit⁵⁻² to¹¹ am¹¹/

/it̚¹ ŋit̚¹ tau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋam⁵³/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² zit̚⁴⁻³² kau²¹⁻⁴¹ am²¹/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻¹ d͡zit̚⁴⁻¹ kau²¹⁻⁵³ am²¹/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² lit̚⁴⁻³² kau¹¹⁻⁵³ am¹¹/

/ʒit⁵⁻² ŋit⁵⁻² to¹¹ am¹¹/

/it̚¹ ŋit̚¹ tau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋam⁵³/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² zit̚⁴⁻³² kau²¹⁻⁴¹ am²¹/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻¹ d͡zit̚⁴⁻¹ kau²¹⁻⁵³ am²¹/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² lit̚⁴⁻³² kau¹¹⁻⁵³ am¹¹/

(Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hainanese) the whole day; all day long; all the time


監犯

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fän⁵¹/

/kaːm⁵⁵ faːn²²⁻³⁵/

/kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ huɑŋ²⁴²/

/kã⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/

/kam³³⁻²³ huaŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fän⁵¹/

/kaːm⁵⁵ faːn²²⁻³⁵/

/kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ huɑŋ²⁴²/

/kã⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/

/kam³³⁻²³ huaŋ³⁵/

(archaic or Cantonese, Eastern Min, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese) prisoner


食酒

/sət̚⁵ t͡ɕiu³¹/

/ɬia¹³⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁵³/

/ɬia²⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu³³²/

/sət̚⁵ t͡ɕiu³¹/

/ɬia¹³⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁵³/

/ɬia²⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu³³²/

(Hakka, Hainanese, Hokkien, Teochew) to drink alcohol


尻脊後

尻脊后
胛脊後
加隻後
脚脊後
加脊後
旮脊後

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²²/

/ka³³⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³⁻⁴ au²¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ au³³/

/ka³³⁻²³ t͡siaʔ²⁻⁴ au³⁵/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²²/

/ka³³⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³⁻⁴ au²¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ au³³/

/ka³³⁻²³ t͡siaʔ²⁻⁴ au³⁵/

(Sanxia Hokkien, Hainanese) the rear; behind


物食

/mĩ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/

/mĩ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/

/mŋ̍(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/

/mĩ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/

/mĩ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/

/mŋ̍(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/


水薸

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰio¹³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰio²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰio²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰio²⁴/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰiɤ²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰio¹³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰio²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰio²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰio²⁴/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰiɤ²³/

(Hokkien, Hainanese, Shanlin Hakka) duckweed, especially common duckweed (Lemna minor)


公祖

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/

/kɔŋ³⁵⁻³³ t͡sɛu⁵⁵/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/

/kɔŋ³⁵⁻³³ t͡sɛu⁵⁵/

(Zhangzhou Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Western Guangdong Hakka) great-grandfather


釣篙

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

/tio¹¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

/tio¹¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

(Hainanese, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) fishing rod; fishing pole


火船

/fɔː³⁵ syːn²¹/

/hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sun²⁴/

/hə⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sun²⁴/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²⁴/

/hue⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

/huɛ³¹ t͡suŋ²²/

/fɔː³⁵ syːn²¹/

/hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sun²⁴/

/hə⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sun²⁴/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²⁴/

/hue⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

/huɛ³¹ t͡suŋ²²/

1888, James Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, Hongkong: The 'China Mail' Office, page 22:

When does the steamer leave? There are a great many passengers.

fo² syun⁴ gei² si⁴ hoi¹ san¹ ne¹. jau⁵ daai⁶ do¹ daap³ haak³ lok³.

火船幾時開身呢。有大多搭客咯。

火船几时开身呢。有大多搭客咯。

(Hainanese, Hakka, Leizhou Min, Southern Pinghua, Teochew, dated in Cantonese) steamer; steamship


市仔

/si²¹ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/si²¹ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/


伊儂

/i⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

/i³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

/i³³⁻²³ naŋ¹¹/

/i⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

/i³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

/i³³⁻²³ naŋ¹¹/

(Teochew; Longyan Min, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien; Hainanese; Leizhou Min) they; them


跤目

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ mak̚⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ mak̚⁴/

(Hainanese, Mainland China and Singapore Hokkien, Teochew, anatomy) anklebone


白目仁

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bak̚⁴⁻³² lin²⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bak̚⁴⁻³² lin²⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese) white of the eye


白仁

/paʔ⁵⁻³³ nˡiŋ⁵³/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/

/peʔ⁴⁻² d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

/peʔ⁴⁻² d͡zeŋ⁵⁵/

/b̥e¹¹ ʑ̊in¹¹/

/paʔ⁵⁻³³ nˡiŋ⁵³/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/

/peʔ⁴⁻² d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

/peʔ⁴⁻² d͡zeŋ⁵⁵/

/b̥e¹¹ ʑ̊in¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) egg white


放屎紙

/paŋ²¹⁻³³ sai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sua⁴⁴⁵/

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵³/

/paŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sai⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

/paŋ²¹⁻³³ sai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sua⁴⁴⁵/

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵³/

/paŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sai⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

(Malaysian and Yilan Hokkien, Hainanese) toilet paper


拍靶

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pe⁴¹/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pe⁵³/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pɛ⁵³/

/pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ pa⁵²⁻²¹/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pe⁴¹/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pe⁵³/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pɛ⁵³/

/pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ pa⁵²⁻²¹/

(Guangdong Min, Hainanese) to execute with firing squad


目尾

/møyʔ⁵⁻³³ mui³³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puei⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puɐi⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻² poi³³²/

/bak̚⁴⁻³² be⁵³/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ be⁴²/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bə⁴²/

/bak̚²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bue⁴²/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³/

/møyʔ⁵⁻³³ mui³³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puei⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puɐi⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻² poi³³²/

/bak̚⁴⁻³² be⁵³/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ be⁴²/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bə⁴²/

/bak̚²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bue⁴²/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye


新娘房

/ɬin³³ ⁿdiaŋ²² fɔŋ²²/

/seiŋ⁵⁴ niɔŋ³³ pɔŋ²¹/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²³⁻³³ paŋ²³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴⁻²² paŋ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ paŋ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ niɔ̃²⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/

/ɬin³³ ⁿdiaŋ²² fɔŋ²²/

/seiŋ⁵⁴ niɔŋ³³ pɔŋ²¹/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²³⁻³³ paŋ²³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴⁻²² paŋ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ paŋ²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ niɔ̃²⁴⁻³³ paŋ²⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Hokkien, Hainanese, Sanxiang Min) bridal chamber


翕相

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ¹¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siaŋ¹¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siaŋ²¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ³³/

/hoʔ²⁻⁴ sĩõ²¹³/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ¹¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siaŋ¹¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siaŋ²¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ³³/

/hoʔ²⁻⁴ sĩõ²¹³/

(Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) to take a picture; to photograph


烏板擦

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

(Kinmenese and Singapore Hokkien, Hainanese) blackboard eraser


交睡

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sue²²/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sue²²/

(Hainanese) to doze off; to nod off; to take a nap


竹仔

/t͡suk̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡ʃuk⁵⁻² ə⁵⁵/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴¹/

/t͡suk̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡ʃuk⁵⁻² ə⁵⁵/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴¹/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Northern Min) small bamboo


獻世

/hiːn³³ sɐi̯³³/

/hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

/hiːn³³ sɐi̯³³/

/hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

(Cantonese, Xiamen Hokkien, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua, Lichuan Gan) to make a spectacle or fool of oneself; to lose face


山窿

/saːn⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lʊŋ¹¹/

/saːn⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lʊŋ¹¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Liuzhou Mandarin) cave; cavern; grotto (on a cave)


樹奶擦

/t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰat̚³²/

/t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰat̚³²/

(Xiamen Hokkien, Hainanese) eraser (tool used to erase marks left by a pencil); rubber


房厝

/paŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

/paŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

/paŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

/paŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese) house; building


牛囝褲

/ŋu⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^((kʰ-))ŋou²¹³/

/ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰou²¹³/

/ŋu⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^((kʰ-))ŋou²¹³/

/ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰou²¹³/

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese) jeans; blue jeans


胡蜞

/hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

/hɛu²² kʰi²²/

/hou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

/hɛu²² kʰi²²/

(Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Yongtai Eastern Min) leech (class Hirudinea)


鳥岫

/t͡siɯu⁵²⁻³⁵ siu¹¹/

/t͡siɯu⁵²⁻³⁵ siu¹¹/

(Hainanese, Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) bird's nest


澈潔

/tʰaʔ²⁴⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aiʔ²⁴/

/tʰɛ⁵⁵ kɔi⁵⁵/

/tʰaʔ²⁴⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aiʔ²⁴/

/tʰɛ⁵⁵ kɔi⁵⁵/

Ciā chió iā táh-gáik. / [t͡sia³³ t͡sʰuɔ²¹³ ia³³ tʰaʔ²⁴⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾aiʔ²⁴]

這厝野澈潔。

这厝野澈洁。

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) clean; neat and tidy


煲水

/pou̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/pou̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/


梳毛

/ʂu⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/sɔː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/

/sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ mo²⁴/

/siu³³⁻²³ mo⁵⁵/

/sɔi³⁵⁻³³ mɔ²²/

/ʂu⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/sɔː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/

/sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ mo²⁴/

/siu³³⁻²³ mo⁵⁵/

/sɔi³⁵⁻³³ mɔ²²/

(Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to comb one's hair


雞囝

鸡囝
鷄囝
雞仔/鷄仔/鸡仔

/kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾œ⁴⁵³/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾a⁴⁵³/

/ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ã³³²/

/ke³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/

/kue⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/koi³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾œ⁴⁵³/

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾a⁴⁵³/

/ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ã³³²/

/ke⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ã³³²/

/ke³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁵/

/kue⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/koi³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Medan and Penang Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) chick


刀囝

/to⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/to⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/to⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ĩã³³²/

/to³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/tɔ³⁵⁻³³ kia³¹/

/to⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/to⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾yɒ⁴⁵³/

/to⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ĩã³³²/

/to³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/tɔ³⁵⁻³³ kia³¹/

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Teochew, countable) small knife; pocketknife (Classifier: 把 md)


喝戲

/huaʔ²⁻⁴ hi²¹³/

/huaʔ²⁻⁴ hi²¹³/


啞囝

/e⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵²⁻²¹/

/e⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵²⁻²¹/

(Teochew, Hainanese) mute person; dumb person


翕相館

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁵³/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kuan⁴¹/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kuan⁵³/

/hip̚³²⁻⁴ siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kuan⁴¹/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Hainanese) photo studio


牙蕉

/ɡɛ¹³⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/

/ɡɛ¹³⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/

(dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese) banana


手腿

/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰui⁵⁵⁴/

(Eastern Min, Jinjiang Hokkien, Hainanese) arm


車囝

/t͡sʰia⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/

/t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/

/t͡sʰia³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/t͡sʰia⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁵³/

/t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴¹/

/t͡sʰia³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese) rickshaw


阿官

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

(Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese, face-to-face) father


後生人

/hɐu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

/heu̯⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/

/hau³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

/hɐu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

/heu̯⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹/

/hau³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Datian Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) young person (Classifier: 個／个 c h; 隻／只 h)

† - young male; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


青竹蛇

/t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɛː²¹/

/t͡sʰɛ³⁵⁻³³ tip̚⁵ t͡sua²²/

/t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɛː²¹/

/t͡sʰɛ³⁵⁻³³ tip̚⁵ t͡sua²²/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Pingxiang Gan, Hainanese, Yudu Hakka, Leizhou Min) white-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris)


那……那……

/na⁵⁵⁴ na⁵⁵⁴/

/nã⁵⁵⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴/

/na⁵⁵⁴ na⁵⁵⁴/

/nã⁵⁵⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴/

(Hokkien, Datian Min, Hainanese) the more ... (the more); more and more


腳甲

/kœːk̚³ kaːp̚³/

/kœːk̚³ kaːp̚³/

(Cantonese, Hainanese, Southern Pinghua) toenail


衫䘼

/sã³³⁻²³ ŋ⁵²/

/sa³⁵⁻³³ ui³¹/

/sã³³⁻²³ ŋ⁵²/

/sa³⁵⁻³³ ui³¹/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Teochew) sleeve (of clothing)


蠶蟲

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Hainanese, Shibei Northern Min, Lechang Tuhua) silkworm


尻川門

/ka³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰui³⁵⁻³³ mui²²/

/ka³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰui³⁵⁻³³ mui²²/


糖蜂

/tʰɔŋ³³ pʰɔŋ⁵⁴/

/tʰɔ²² pʰaŋ³⁵/

/tʰɔŋ³³ pʰɔŋ⁵⁴/

/tʰɔ²² pʰaŋ³⁵/

(Hakka, Northern Min, Datian Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Central Min, Hepu Cantonese) bee; honeybee


洗衫板

/sɐi̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ sã³³⁻²³ põĩ⁵²/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ sã³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵²/

/sɐi̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ sã³³⁻²³ põĩ⁵²/

/soi⁵²⁻³⁵ sã³³⁻²³ paŋ⁵²/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) washboard


鵝囝

/ŋie⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ɡo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

/ŋie⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/ɡo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese) gosling


信筒

/ɕin⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕiŋ⁴⁵ tʰuŋ⁵³/

/siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕin⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕiŋ⁴⁵ tʰuŋ⁵³/

/siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁵⁵/

(Teochew, dialectal Hakka, Hainanese) envelope


竹頭

/t͡su²¹ tʰəu²¹/

/tyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau⁵³/

/t͡soʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ døy²³/

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ təu̯¹³/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ təu̯¹³/

/t͡su²¹ tʰəu²¹/

/tyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau⁵³/

/t͡soʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ døy²³/

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ təu̯¹³/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ təu̯¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Hainanese, Eastern Min, Wenzhounese, Xiang) The Chinese character component 𥫗.


葫蘆瓠

/hu⁵³⁻³³ l̃u⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βu⁵³/

/hu⁵³⁻³³ l̃u⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βu⁵³/

(Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hainanese) bottle gourd; calabash


做風颱

/t͡sa³³ xɔŋ⁵⁴ tʰai⁵⁴/

/t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/

/t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/

/t͡sa³³ xɔŋ⁵⁴ tʰai⁵⁴/

/t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/

/t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/

(Northern Min, Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hainanese) to have a typhoon


落霧

/lɔːk̚² mou̯²²/

/lɔk̚⁵ ʋu⁵³/

/loʔ⁴⁻² bu¹¹/

/lɔːk̚² mou̯²²/

/lɔk̚⁵ ʋu⁵³/

/loʔ⁴⁻² bu¹¹/

(Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Teochew, Jinhua Wu) to have fog or mist appear


碗仔

/wuːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ʋɔn³¹ ne³¹/

/uiŋ²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/

/wuːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/ʋɔn³¹ ne³¹/

/uiŋ²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/

(Cantonese, Hong Kong Hakka, Hainanese, Northern Min) small bowl


邊舷

(Hainanese, Huizhou, Northern Min, dialectal Eastern Min) side; beside; to the side


番豆仁

/fan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ in¹¹/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ in¹¹/

/huaŋ³⁵⁻³³ tau³⁵⁻³³ zieŋ²²/

/fan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ in¹¹/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ in¹¹/

/huaŋ³⁵⁻³³ tau³⁵⁻³³ zieŋ²²/

(Hakka, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) shelled peanut; peanut kernel


塗下

/tʰou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ e³⁵/

/tʰou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ e³⁵/

(Teochew, Hainanese) on the floor; on the ground


走棋

/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡sɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

/t͡səu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡sɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

/t͡səu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Hainanese, Gan, Leizhou Min, dialectal Wu, Xiang) to play chess


番囝

/huaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiaŋ³³/

/huaŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋyɒ⁴⁵³/

/huoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋya³³²/

/huan⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/huaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiaŋ³³/

/huaŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋyɒ⁴⁵³/

/huoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋya³³²/

/huan⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴²/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

Terms that include 鬼 and/or 番 are potentially derogatory.

A native in a land where the Chinese are immigrants:


番豆油

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iu¹¹/

/huaŋ³⁵⁻³³ tau³⁵⁻³³ iu²²/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ iu¹¹/

/huaŋ³⁵⁻³³ tau³⁵⁻³³ iu²²/

(Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) peanut oil


蟹膏

/hoi³⁵⁻¹¹ ko³³/

/hɔi³³ kɔ³⁵/

/hoi³⁵⁻¹¹ ko³³/

/hɔi³³ kɔ³⁵/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Wu) the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of a female crab (as a food delicacy)


公爹

/kɔŋ³⁵⁻³³ tia³⁵/

/kɔŋ³⁵⁻³³ tia³⁵/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) man (adult male)


恭房

(Hainanese) toilet; bathroom; lavatory; WC


無錯

/bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ²¹/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo¹¹/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ²¹/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo¹¹/


拍雷

/pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ lui⁵⁵/

/pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ lui⁵⁵/


薏粑

(Hainanese) yi bua, a traditional Hainanese snack made of glutinous rice flour, a filling of shredded coconut and peanuts, wrapped in a coconut leaf on the circumference and steamed


伯爹

> - mother's elder brother; < - mother's younger brother; >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

(Guiyang Mandarin, Hainanese) paternal uncle (father's elder brother)

(Hainanese) paternal uncle (mother's elder brother)

(Hainanese) uncle (a term of respect for someone who is slightly older than one's father)


伯姩

(Hainanese) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)


跋錢

/puaʔ⁴⁻² t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

/puaʔ⁴⁻² t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

(Puxian Min, Teochew, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to gamble


暝頭

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/mɛ̃¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/mẽ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/mɛ²² tʰau²²/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/mɛ̃¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/mẽ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/mɛ²² tʰau²²/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Puxian Min, Zhongshan Min) night


昨晡

/t͡sʰɔk̚⁵ pu⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰɔk̚⁵ pu⁴⁴/

(Hakka, Eastern Min, Hainanese, Puxian Min) yesterday


無該

† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

(Yangjiang Yue, Hainanese, Leizhou Min) thank you


衫襟

(dialectal Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Wenzhounese) the one or two pieces making up the front of a Chinese jacket


幫跤手

(Hainanese) to help; to lend a helping hand


鉗囝

/kʰiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiaŋ³³/

/kʰiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

/kʰiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiaŋ³³/

/kʰiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese) pliers; pincers


痰盆

(Hainanese, Taichung Hokkien, Northern Min, Eastern Min) spittoon


鼎鏟

(Northern Min, Zhongshan Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) spatula; slice


厝墘人

室舷儂
厝舷人
厝舷儂
戍舷儂
厝墘儂

(Southeast Asia Hainanese) one of our own, especially a fellow Hainanese


山空

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/suã³³ kʰaŋ³³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/sũã³³⁻²³ kʰaŋ³³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/suã³³ kʰaŋ³³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/sũã³³⁻²³ kʰaŋ³³/

(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) cave


記數

/ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/

/ki²¹³⁻⁵³ sou²¹³/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siau⁴¹/

/ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/

/ki²¹³⁻⁵³ sou²¹³/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siau⁴¹/

(Eastern Min, Hainanese, Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min, Southern Pinghua) to record a transaction; to keep the books


燒暖

/seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ non²⁴/

/seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ non²⁴/

Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. [NASB]

現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 列王紀上 (1 Kings) 1:1

Liá-sṳ̀, Thai-ví-vòng yí-kîn chhin-ló; sûi-yèn kì ke phu̍k-ngìn yung thán-é kâ chhai kì sṳ̂n-hong, kì hàn-he kám-kok m̀-la sêu-nôn.

這時，大衛王已經盡老；雖然佢个僕人用毯仔枷在佢身項，佢還係感覺毋罅燒暖。

这时，大卫王已经尽老；虽然佢个仆人用毯仔枷在佢身项，佢还系感觉毋罅烧暖。

一杯茶添燒暖

一杯茶添烧暖

(Hakka, Datian Min, Youxi Min, Hainanese) warm


隔奶

/keʔ²⁻⁴ ni³⁵/

/keʔ²⁻⁴ ni³⁵/

(Sichuanese, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Shanghainese) to wean (a baby)


拍架

/pʰa⁵⁵ kɛ²¹/

/pʰa⁵⁵ kɛ²¹/


單目皮

/tũã³³⁻²³ mak̚⁴⁻² pʰue⁵⁵/

/tũã³³⁻²³ mak̚⁴⁻² pʰue⁵⁵/

(Hainanese, Teochew) single eyelid; monolid; upper eyelid without a crease


齒屎

/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

/kʰi³¹⁻⁵⁵ sai³¹/

/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

/kʰi³¹⁻⁵⁵ sai³¹/

(Fuqing Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Zhangping Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) dental plaque


纏跤

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³/

/tiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵⁴⁴/

/tĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰa³³/

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³/

/tiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵⁴⁴/

/tĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰa³³/

(Hainanese, Puxian Min, Teochew) to bind one's feet


敗家囝

/pai¹¹ ke³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

/pai¹¹ ke³³⁻²³ kĩã⁵²/

(Hainanese, Teochew, Jinhua Wu) spendthrift; squanderer; prodigal son


左爿

/t͡so⁵²⁻³⁵ põĩ⁵⁵/

/t͡so⁵²⁻³⁵ pãĩ⁵⁵/

/t͡so⁵²⁻³⁵ põĩ⁵⁵/

/t͡so⁵²⁻³⁵ pãĩ⁵⁵/

(Teochew, Hainanese) left side; the left


櫼隊

/t͡siːm⁵⁵ tɵy̯²²⁻³⁵/

/t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tuɪ⁵³/

/t͡siːm⁵⁵ tɵy̯²²⁻³⁵/

/t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tuɪ⁵³/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese, Pingxiang Gan) to cut in line; to jump the queue


無著

/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/

/bɔ²² tiɔ³³/

/u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/

/bɔ²² tiɔ³³/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) wrong; incorrect


蝻蛇

/naːm²¹ sɛː²¹/

/naŋ³³ yɛ³³/

/naːm²¹ sɛː²¹/

/naŋ³³ yɛ³³/

For the first syllable, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).

(Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Hakka, Northern Min, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min, Pinghua) python; boa


煙箬

/iŋ⁵⁴ niɔ⁴²/

/iŋ⁵⁴ niɔ⁴²/


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/

(Taiwanese Hakka, Hainanese) cigarette ash


惡抵

/ɔːk̚³ tɐi̯³⁵/

/ɔk̚³³ ai⁵⁵/

/ɔːk̚³ tɐi̯³⁵/

/ɔk̚³³ ai⁵⁵/

(Leizhou Min, Hainanese) sick; unwell; ill


做節

/t͡so²¹³⁻⁵³ t͡saiʔ²⁴/

/t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/

/t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/

/t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡soiʔ²/

/t͡so²¹³⁻⁵³ t͡saiʔ²⁴/

/t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/

/t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sueʔ³²/

/t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡soiʔ²/

(Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hainanese, Hokkien, Teochew) to celebrate a holiday; to celebrate a festival


還神

劏雞還神／㓥鸡还神 [Cantonese] ― tong¹ gai¹ waan⁴ san⁴ [Jyutping] ― to sacrifice a chicken to offer thanks to the gods

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min) to redeem a vow to a deity; to thank and make offerings to a deity after having one's wish fulfilled or granted


棉胎

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

/miːn²¹ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰai³³/

/mĩ¹³⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai⁴⁴/

/mĩ²³⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

/miːn²¹ tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰai³³/

/mĩ¹³⁻²² tʰai⁴⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai⁴⁴/

/mĩ²³⁻³³ tʰai⁴⁴/

(dialectal, including Cantonese, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua, Wenzhounese) cotton batting


後腦殼

/xəɯ⁴⁴ lɔ¹¹ kʰoʔ⁵/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

/ɣ̊ɘu̯²¹³⁻³¹ nɑʊ̯³³ kʰo²²/

/xəɯ⁴⁴ lɔ¹¹ kʰoʔ⁵/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

/ɣ̊ɘu̯²¹³⁻³¹ nɑʊ̯³³ kʰo²²/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Hainanese, Xiang) back of the head


講親

(Hainanese, Eastern Min) to be a matchmaker or go-between (between prospective marriage partners)


鴨雄聲

/a²⁴ xœyŋ³³ siaŋ⁵⁴/

/aʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ hyŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵⁵/

/ah¹¹ heŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩã³³/

/a²⁴ xœyŋ³³ siaŋ⁵⁴/

/aʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ hyŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵⁵/

/ah¹¹ heŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sĩã³³/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Northern Min, Eastern Min, Teochew) gruff voice


卵糕

/l̃ouŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋo⁵⁵/

/nø¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾o⁵³³/

/ny²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾o⁵⁴⁴/

/l̃ouŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋo⁵⁵/

/nø¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾o⁵³³/

/ny²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾o⁵⁴⁴/

(Hainanese, Sixian Hakka, Zhao'an Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min) cake


松樹葉

/t͡ɕʰiʊŋ¹¹ su⁵³ iap̚⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiʊŋ¹¹ su⁵³ iap̚⁵/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Hainanese, Hakka) pine needle

↑ - attached to the tree; ↓ - fallen from the tree


一隻雞、一隻鴨

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ aːp̚³/

/t͡sit̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² kue⁴⁴ t͡sit̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² aʔ³²/

When a Hokkien person and a Cantonese person talk to each other, it's like a chicken talking to a duck.

Fújiànrén hé Guǎngdōngrén jiǎnghuà jiù xiàng shì yī zhī jī, yī zhī yā.

福建人和廣東人講話就像是一隻雞、一隻鴨。

福建人和广东人讲话就像是一只鸡、一只鸭。

mutually unintelligible
mutually unintelligible

(Singapore, originally Hainanese) to speak mutually unintelligible languages


肉頭

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ʐɤu⁵⁵ tʰɤu²⁴/

/jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʐəu⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/

/n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ʐɤu⁵⁵ tʰɤu²⁴/

/jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʐəu⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/

/n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

(Hainanese) piece of meat attached to the vertebra of a slaughtered pig


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


藥材鋪

/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pʰu⁵¹/

/jœːk̚² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pʰou̯³³⁻³⁵/

/ioʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰou²¹³/

/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pʰu⁵¹/

/jœːk̚² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pʰou̯³³⁻³⁵/

/ioʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰou²¹³/

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(dialectal, including Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua, Teochew) shop that sells medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine


狗尾粟

/kɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³ sʊk̚⁵/

/keu³¹ mi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ɕiʊk̚¹/

/e²¹ myɛ²¹ sy²⁴/

/kɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³ sʊk̚⁵/

/keu³¹ mi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ɕiʊk̚¹/

/e²¹ myɛ²¹ sy²⁴/

Setaria italica
Setaria italica#Translingual

(Cantonese, Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Northern Min, Hainanese) hulled grain of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)


煲藥

/pou̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/

/pu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/

/pou̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/

/pu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Guangxi Mandarin, traditional Chinese medicine) to decoct medicine


耳重

/hi³³⁻²² taŋ³³/

/hĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³⁵/

/hi³³⁻²² taŋ³³/

/hĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³⁵/

(Jinjiang Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) hard of hearing


日本囝

/nˡiʔ⁵⁻²¹ puoŋ³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiaŋ³³/

/d͡zik̚⁴⁻² puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵²⁻²¹/

/nˡiʔ⁵⁻²¹ puoŋ³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋiaŋ³³/

/d͡zik̚⁴⁻² puŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵²⁻²¹/

Compare Hokkien 日本仔 (Ji̍t-pún-á / Li̍t-pún-á).

(Eastern Min, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min, derogatory, ethnic slur) Japanese person; Jap


落樓

/lɔːk̚² lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/lɔːk̚² lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/


跤肚囝

/kʰa⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lu³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

/kʰa⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lu³³⁻³⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iaŋ³³/

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Zhongshan Min) calf of the leg


落毛

/loʔ¹¹ mɔ²³/

/loʔ¹¹ mɔ²³/

/loʔ⁴⁻² mo⁵⁵/

/loʔ⁴⁻² mo⁵⁵/

(Hainanese, Shanghainese) to molt; to shed feathers (of birds)


烏油

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/

(Kinmenese Hokkien, Hainanese) asphalt; bitumen


花缽

/fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pat̚¹/

/fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pat̚¹/

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


郎家

(Western Guangdong Cantonese and Hakka, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) son-in-law


紅花魚

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² hue³³ hi²⁴/

/aŋ²⁴⁻²² hue³³ hi²⁴/

(Jinjiang Hokkien, Hainanese) yellow croaker


新官

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Jinjiang Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) bridegroom


熱假

(Leizhou Min, Hainanese) summer holiday; summer vacation


煞尾手囝

/sua⁵⁵ buɛ³¹ t͡sʰiu³¹⁻⁵⁵ kia³¹/

/sua⁵⁵ buɛ³¹ t͡sʰiu³¹⁻⁵⁵ kia³¹/


糖囝

/tʰɔ²² kia³¹/

/tʰɔ²² kia³¹/


雞菜

/kɔi³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/

/kɔi³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/


床布

/t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ pu⁵³/

/t͡sʰuŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mɔu⁴²/

/t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mɔu⁴²/

/t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pou²¹³/

/t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹ pu⁵³/

/t͡sʰuŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mɔu⁴²/

/t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mɔu⁴²/

/t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pou²¹³/


手囝

/t͡sʰiu³¹⁻⁵⁵ kia³¹/

/t͡sʰiu³¹⁻⁵⁵ kia³¹/


書冊鋪

/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰeʔ²⁻⁴ pʰou²¹³/

/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰeʔ²⁻⁴ pʰou²¹³/

(Teochew, Hainanese) bookshop; bookstore


篾肚

(Nanning Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua, Hainanese) inner part of a bamboo stem


圓床

/ĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/

/ĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/

(Teochew, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min) round table (Classifier: 張／张 mn-t; 隻／只 mn-t)


椰子菜

Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassica oleracea var. capitata

(Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Dianbai Hakka) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


馬蹄子

/bɛ³¹⁻⁵⁵ tɔi²² t͡si³¹/

/bɛ³¹⁻⁵⁵ tɔi²² t͡si³¹/

Chinese water chestnut
Chinese water chestnut

Eleocharis dulcis
Eleocharis dulcis#Translingual

(dialectal Cantonese, Western Guangdong Hakka, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)


地生油

de⁵ seng¹ iu² [Phonetic:de⁵ leng² ngiu²]

de⁵ seng¹ iu² [Phonetic:de⁵ leng⁵ ngiu²]

/te²¹ ⁽ᶿ⁻⁾lɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((Ø-))ŋiu²⁴/

/te²¹ ⁽ᶿ⁻⁾lɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((Ø-))ŋiu²⁴/


落囝

/loʔ⁴⁻² kĩã⁵²/

/lɔ³¹⁻⁵⁵ kia³¹/

/loʔ⁴⁻² kĩã⁵²/

/lɔ³¹⁻⁵⁵ kia³¹/

(Hainanese) to give birth prematurely; to undergo preterm labour


落公

/lɔ³³ kɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ³³ kɔŋ³⁵/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to act as if possessed by a god or spirit; to claim to be bewitched (of a witch, sorceress, etc.)


落耳

/loʔ¹¹ n̠ʲi²³/

/loʔ¹¹ n̠ʲi²³/

(Hainanese, of words, sound) to enter the ear


船檣

/t͡suŋ²² t͡sʰiɔ²²/

/t͡suŋ²² t͡sʰiɔ²²/


肩頭骨

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((tʰ-))lau¹³⁻⁴² kɔʔ²¹/

ginn¹ tao² guoh⁶ [Phonetic:ginn⁵ nao⁴ guoh⁶]

/ke⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((tʰ-))lau¹³⁻⁴² kɔʔ²¹/

(Puxian Min, Hainanese, anatomy) shoulder blade; scapula


雁鳥

/ŋaŋ¹¹ nieu⁴⁵³/

/ŋaŋ²¹ niəu³³²/

/ŋaŋ¹¹ niɐu⁴⁵³/

/ŋaŋ¹¹ nieu⁴⁵³/

/ŋaŋ²¹ niəu³³²/

/ŋaŋ¹¹ niɐu⁴⁵³/

(Puxian Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Xiangnan Tuhua) swan goose


纏跤布

ding² kor¹ bou⁴ [Phonetic:ding⁵ ngor² ou⁴]

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɔu⁴²/

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ou⁴²/

ding² kor¹ boo⁴ [Phonetic:ding⁵ ngor⁵ oo⁴]

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɔ⁴²/

ding² kor¹ bou⁴ [Phonetic:ding⁵ ngor² bou⁴]

/tiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ pɔu⁴²/

/tiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ pou⁴²/

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɔu⁴²/

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ou⁴²/

/tiŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɔ⁴²/

/tiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ pɔu⁴²/

/tiŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((kʰ-))ŋɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ pou⁴²/

(Puxian Min, Hainanese) cloth for footbinding


日頭晝

dih⁷ tao² dao⁴ [Phonetic:dih⁶ tao¹ lao⁴]

/tiʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lau⁴²/

/tiʔ⁴⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lau⁴²/

(dialectal Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hainanese) noon