老虎

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɔu¹³ fu³⁵/

/lau²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈfu²¹³/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ fu²⁴/

/lau⁵³⁻¹¹ xu⁵³/

/l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾u³³/

/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/

/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/lau³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

/lau²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴²/

/lau²¹ hɔ⁴⁴⁵/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/

/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/

/læ²² həu³³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ɸu³/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɔu¹³ fu³⁵/

/lau²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈfu²¹³/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ fu²⁴/

/lau⁵³⁻¹¹ xu⁵³/

/l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾u³³/

/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³/

/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/lau³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

/lau²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴²/

/lau²¹ hɔ⁴⁴⁵/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/

/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/

/læ²² həu³³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ɸu³/

老 (lǎo, “old; venerable”) is used to indicate respect for the dangerous animal, which is subject to taboo. Compare ancient Chu dialect 於菟.


起毛

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mŋ̍²⁴/

(Yangzhou Mandarin) to lose one's temper


四季豆

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ kʷɐi̯³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

/su²¹⁻⁴¹ kui²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/

/su²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/

/su¹¹⁻⁵³ kui¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹/

/sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/sz̩³⁵ ^((t͡ɕ-))d͡ʑi³⁵⁻⁵ di̯ɤ¹¹⁻¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ kʷɐi̯³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

/su²¹⁻⁴¹ kui²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/

/su²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/

/su¹¹⁻⁵³ kui¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹/

/sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/sz̩³⁵ ^((t͡ɕ-))d͡ʑi³⁵⁻⁵ di̯ɤ¹¹⁻¹/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Shanghainese) sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)


出水

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

(Yangzhou Mandarin) to get out of jail; to be released from prison


老娘

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lau²¹³⁻¹³ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lau²¹³⁻¹³ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɑŋ⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɑŋ⁴/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

(Ürümqi, Wuhan and Yangzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, non-face-to-face) mother


尾子

/weɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/uei⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/weɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/uei⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


豬料

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Quanzhou Hokkien) pig blood


米店

/mi³³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾laiŋ²¹³/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuĩ⁴¹/

/mi³³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾laiŋ²¹³/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuĩ⁴¹/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Hakka, Min, Wu) grain shop


大姑子

/tä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/tä⁵¹ g̊u¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/taːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/ta⁴⁵ ku¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ku³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/tä⁵¹ g̊u¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/taːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/ta⁴⁵ ku¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ku³³ t͡sz̩³/

† - husband's elder sister; ‡ - husband's younger sister

† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face

(Yangzhou Mandarin) father's eldest sister


吃香煙

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ɕiã⁵⁵ i²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴ ɕiã⁵⁵ i²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ɕiã⁵⁵ i²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴ ɕiã⁵⁵ i²¹/


魚秧子

/y¹³ i̯æn³³ t͡sz̩³/

/y¹³ i̯ɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sz̩³/

/y¹³ i̯æn³³ t͡sz̩³/

/y¹³ i̯ɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Yangzhou and Xi'an Mandarin) small fish that are slightly bigger than newly hatched fish


影子戲

/in⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ɕi⁴⁵/

/in⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ɕi⁴⁵/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Hangzhounese) shadow play; shadow puppets; leather-silhouette show


指掐花

/t͡səʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xua¹¹/

/t͡səʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xua¹¹/

Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens balsamina#Translingual

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Jin) garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina)


弟媳婦子

/ti⁴⁵ ɕiəʔ² fu⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/

/ti⁴⁵ ɕiəʔ² fu⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Jin) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)


乾子

(Nanjing, Wuhan and Yangzhou Mandarin, Xiang) dougan; dried tofu


寒毛子

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Xiang) fine human body hair; down


眼睛皮子

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³ pi¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³ pi¹³ t͡sz̩³/


砍腦殼

(Guiyang, Liuzhou and Yangzhou Mandarin, Sichuanese) to behead; to decapitate


指掐

/t͡səʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiaʔ²/

/t͡səʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiaʔ²/


豬旺子

/t͡ɕy⁴² uɔŋ¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/t͡ɕy⁴² uɔŋ¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Yangzhou Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Hakka) pig blood (as food)


自簡

/t͡sʰz̩¹¹ kan²¹³/

/t͡sʰz̩¹¹ kan²¹³/


自簡

/t͡sʰz̩¹¹ kan²¹³/

/t͡sʰz̩¹¹ kan²¹³/


打抖

/ta²¹³⁻²⁴ tɛu²¹³/

/ta²¹³⁻²⁴ tɛu²¹³/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Gan, Yudu Hakka) to shake; to shiver


奶頭子

/lai²¹³⁻¹³ tʰɛu²⁴ t͡sz̩²/

/lai²¹³⁻¹³ tʰɛu²⁴ t͡sz̩²/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Gan) nipple of a baby bottle


齊巧

/ʑi²² t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴/

/ʑi²² t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴/

As it happens, eight people fill one table.

⁷paq-gheq ⁶gnin ⁶zhi-chiau ⁵tsu ⁷iq-tsoq

八個人齊巧坐一桌。

八个人齐巧坐一桌。

(Wu, Yangzhou Mandarin) by chance; as it happens


後年子

/xəu²¹³ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ɦɤ²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/xəu²¹³ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ɦɤ²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

(Sichuanese, Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Northern Wu) the year after next


臭嘴

/t͡sʰau²¹³⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹³/

/t͡sʰau²¹³⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹³/

(Xuzhou and Yangzhou Mandarin, Eastern Min) bad breath; halitosis

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


戒指子

/kɛ⁴⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩⁰/

/kɛ⁴⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩⁰/

(Lanzhou and Yangzhou Mandarin, Dungan) finger ring; ring


大後兒

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

two days after tomorrow
two days after tomorrow

(Beijing, Jinan and Yangzhou Mandarin) three days from now; two days after tomorrow


大前年子

/ta²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/du²² ʑi⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/ta²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/du²² ʑi⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

(Sichuanese, Yangzhou Mandarin, Wu) three years ago


酒窩子

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Xiang) dimple (skin depression on the cheek)


缺子

/t͡ɕʰyɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰyɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Yangzhou Mandarin) breach; gap; opening; break


對襟子

/tuei⁴⁵ t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/tuei⁴⁵ t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Jin) Chinese-style jacket with buttons down the front


敗家精

/paːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/paːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Yudu Hakka, Wu) squanderer; spendthrift


香煙頭子

/ɕiɔŋ⁴² iɛn⁴² tʰɛu²⁴ t͡sz̩²/

/ɕiɔŋ⁴² iɛn⁴² tʰɛu²⁴ t͡sz̩²/

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


腳指掐

/t͡ɕiaʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰaʔ²¹/

/t͡ɕiɑʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ kʰæʔ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiaʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰaʔ²¹/

/t͡ɕiɑʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ kʰæʔ⁵⁵/


雀屎斑

/tiak̚²¹ si⁵⁵ pan³³⁻³³⁵/

/tiak̚²¹ si⁵⁵ pan³³⁻³³⁵/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Taishanese, dermatology) freckle (Classifier: 塊／块 m)


還福

/ʋan¹¹ fʊk̚¹/

/ʋan¹¹ fʊk̚¹/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Hakka, Leizhou Min) to redeem a vow to a deity (to express gratitude)


剛剛好

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ kɑ̃³³ hɔ²¹/

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ kɑ̃³³ hɔ²¹/


見氣

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/t͡ɕɪ⁵² t͡ɕʰi¹¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/t͡ɕɪ⁵² t͡ɕʰi¹¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Wu, Xiang) to be angry; to get upset; to be mad


飯後

/fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/faːn²² hɐu̯²²/

/fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/faːn²² hɐu̯²²/


六不答對

This lad's words are nonsense. I don't know what he is talking about.

Zhè xiǎohuǒ shuōhuà liùbùdáduì, bù xiǎodé shuō de shènmenzi.

這小伙說話六不答對，不曉得說的甚們子。

这小伙说话六不答对，不晓得说的甚们子。

(Yangzhou Mandarin) the answer is irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole


出水痘子

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Yudu Hakka, Xiang) to get chicken pox


剔土旁

/tʰɪk̚³³ tʰu³³ paŋ²¹/

/tʰɪk̚³³ tʰu³³ paŋ²¹/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Nanning Pinghua, Wu) The Chinese character component 土.


米粉子

(Yangzhou Mandarin) glutinous rice flour