"挖匙子" meaning in All languages combined

See 挖匙子 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /va¹¹ sz̩¹¹ t͡səʔ²/ [Jin, Taiyuan, Sinological-IPA, dated]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 挖匙子
  1. (Jin) earpick Tags: Jin
    Sense id: en-挖匙子-zh-noun-NwoneNb7 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Jin Chinese, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 耳挖子 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 耳勺子 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 耳挖勺兒 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 耳挖子 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 消息兒 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 耳捻子 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 耳挖子 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 耳彎勺兒 [Jilu-Mandarin, Jinan], 挖耳勺兒 [Jilu-Mandarin, Jinan], 耳勺兒 [Jiaoliao-Mandarin, Yantai, Muping], 挖耳勺兒 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Luoyang], 挖耳勺兒 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xi'an], 耳挖子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xining], 耳挖子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 挖耳子 [Lanyin-Mandarin, Ürümqi], 挖耳子 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 挖耳 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Wuhan], 挖耳瓢 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Guiyang], 挖耳瓢 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 耳扒 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 耳挖子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 耳扒子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], 耳挖 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 耳挖 [Cantonese], 耳挖 [Cantonese, Taishan], 耳屎捋 [Cantonese, Taishan], 耳搭 [Cantonese, Dongguan], 挖耳子 [Gan, Nanchang], 挖耳耙子 [Gan, Nanchang], 耳屎耙 [Gan, Lichuan], 耳屎耙兒 [Gan, Lichuan], 耳屎耙子 [Gan, Pingxiang], 挖耳耙子 [Gan, Pingxiang], 耳耙仔 [Hakka, Meixian], 耳挖子 [Hakka, Yudu], 耳朵挖 [Huizhou, Jixi], 耳朵扒 [Huizhou, Jixi], 耳耙仔 [Min-Bei, Jian'ou], 耳扒 [Min-Dong, Fuzhou], 耳扒囝 [Min-Dong, Fuzhou], 鉤盌 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 鉤耳仔 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 消息 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 鉤耳仔 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 消息 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 鉤盌 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 鉤耳仔 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 消息 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 耳扒仔 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 鉤耳 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 鉤耳仔 [Min-Nan, Leizhou], 耳挖 [Min-Nan, Haikou], 耳鉤 [Min-Nan, Haikou], 挖耳 [Min-Nan, Haikou], 耳挖 [Southern-Pinghua, Nanning, Tingzi], 挖耳殼 [Southern-Pinghua, Nanning, Tingzi], 挖耳 [Wu, Shanghai], 挖耳 [Wu, Shanghai, Chongming], 挖耳 [Wu, Suzhou], 耳朵扒子 [Wu, Danyang], 耳勺兒 [Wu, Hangzhou], 挖耳 [Wu, Ningbo], 耳朵彎 [Wu, Ningbo], 耳朵爬兒 [Wu, Wenzhou], 耳朵挖兒 [Wu, Jinhua], 挖耳 [Wu, Jinhua], 挖耳子 [Xiang, Changsha], 挖耳子 [Xiang, Loudi]
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          "word": "耳屎捋"
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          "word": "耳搭"
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            "Gan",
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          "word": "挖耳子"
        },
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            "Gan",
            "Nanchang"
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          "word": "挖耳耙子"
        },
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            "Gan",
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          "word": "耳屎耙"
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            "Gan",
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            "Gan",
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            "Hakka",
            "Meixian"
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          "word": "耳耙仔"
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            "Hakka",
            "Yudu"
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          "tags": [
            "Huizhou",
            "Jixi"
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          "word": "耳朵挖"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Huizhou",
            "Jixi"
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          "word": "耳朵扒"
        },
        {
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            "Min-Bei",
            "Jian'ou"
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          "word": "耳耙仔"
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            "Min-Dong",
            "Fuzhou"
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          "word": "耳扒"
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            "Min-Dong",
            "Fuzhou"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
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          "word": "鉤盌"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
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          "word": "鉤耳仔"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
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            "Zhangzhou"
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            "Zhangzhou"
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            "Zhangzhou"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
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            "Min-Nan",
            "Leizhou"
          ],
          "word": "鉤耳仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Haikou"
          ],
          "word": "耳挖"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Haikou"
          ],
          "word": "耳鉤"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Haikou"
          ],
          "word": "挖耳"
        },
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            "Southern-Pinghua",
            "Nanning",
            "Tingzi"
          ],
          "word": "耳挖"
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            "Southern-Pinghua",
            "Nanning",
            "Tingzi"
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          "word": "挖耳殼"
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            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "挖耳"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai",
            "Chongming"
          ],
          "word": "挖耳"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Suzhou"
          ],
          "word": "挖耳"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Danyang"
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          "word": "耳朵扒子"
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            "Wu",
            "Hangzhou"
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            "Ningbo"
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            "Wu",
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          "word": "耳朵爬兒"
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            "Xiang",
            "Changsha"
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            "Xiang",
            "Loudi"
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      "word": "挖耳瓢"
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    {
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        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
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      "word": "耳扒"
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        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
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        "Guangzhou"
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        "Taishan"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan"
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      "word": "耳屎捋"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
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      "word": "耳搭"
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        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳子"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳耙子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "耳屎耙"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "耳屎耙兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Pingxiang"
      ],
      "word": "耳屎耙子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Pingxiang"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳耙子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "word": "耳耙仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yudu"
      ],
      "word": "耳挖子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Huizhou",
        "Jixi"
      ],
      "word": "耳朵挖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Huizhou",
        "Jixi"
      ],
      "word": "耳朵扒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou"
      ],
      "word": "耳耙仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "耳扒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "耳扒囝"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "鉤盌"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "鉤耳仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "消息"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "鉤耳仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "消息"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "鉤盌"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "鉤耳仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "消息"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "耳扒仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "鉤耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Leizhou"
      ],
      "word": "鉤耳仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Haikou"
      ],
      "word": "耳挖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Haikou"
      ],
      "word": "耳鉤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Haikou"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "耳挖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳殼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Chongming"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Danyang"
      ],
      "word": "耳朵扒子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "耳勺兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "耳朵彎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Wenzhou"
      ],
      "word": "耳朵爬兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Jinhua"
      ],
      "word": "耳朵挖兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Jinhua"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi"
      ],
      "word": "挖耳子"
    }
  ],
  "word": "挖匙子"
}

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