冷

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


哋

Possibly from 等 (“plural particle used after personal pronouns or nouns”).

zh-l

我哋

(Cantonese, Pinghua) Plural marker for pronouns.


啖

我想飲啖水。

我想饮啖水。

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua) Classifier for mouthfuls of things (water, rice, etc.)


屌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 吊 (OC *tiːwɢs, “hanging”): “something that hangs from the body”.
Derived from 鳥 (MC tewX, “bird”). Words for "bird" are commonly used to denote the penis in Chinese.

Han compound

鳥
𡰯
𨳒
𠄏
dior

屌你！ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― diu² nei⁵! [Jyutping] ― Fuck you!

1907, John Chalmers, T. K. Dealy, “Violate”, in 《英粤字典》 [English and Cantonese Dictionary], seventh edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., page 715:

屌你亞媽

屌你亚妈

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min, Guangxi Mandarin, vulgar) to fuck


山

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (山):
* → Japanese: 山(さん) (san)
* → Korean: 산(山) (san)
* → Vietnamese: sơn (山)

Characters in the same phonetic series (山) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形) – three mountain peaks. In the Oracle Bone Script, they were represented by triangles rather than vertical strokes. Compare 丘 (qiū), particularly earlier forms.
Unrelated to 出 and the top component of 岁 and 豐. Also unrelated to 屮.
Unclear – cognates not known outside Sino-Bai. Cognate with Central Bai svrt (“mountain”) < Proto-Bai *sro⁴.
Baxter and Sagart (2014) propose that it is derived from a root *ŋ(ˤ)rar (“slope, nearly vertical side”) that also derives 巘 (OC *ŋ(r)ar(ʔ), “hill”), 涯 (OC *ŋˤrar, “river bank”), 顏 (OC *C.ŋˤrar, “forehead”).
Starostin compares it with Kayan sʰôn (“mountain”).

Han etyl

(Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua) tomb; grave (Classifier: 個／个 c)


崽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 思 (OC *snɯ, *snɯs).
Cognate with 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) and 仔 (OC *ʔslɯʔ).

Han compound

(Guangxi Mandarin, Gan, Pinghua, Xiang) son; child


幾

→ Thai: กี่ (gìi, “how many; how much”)

→ Northern Thai: ᨠᩦ᩵

→ Khün: ᨠᩦ᩵

desc

→ Lü: ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹)

→ Lü: ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹)

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 𢆶 (“silk threads; little things”) + 戍 (“to guard against”) – watching over the fine details.
Note that the simplified form 几 (OC *krilʔ, “small table”) is also a traditional character on its own.

Han compound

佢今年幾大呀？

佢今年几大呀？

有幾難啫？

有几难啫？

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua) how; how much

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua, Xiang) how; so; such


旺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷaŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 㞷 (huáng). Compare 往.
Now phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷaŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 王 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs).

Han compound

旺過旺角

旺过旺角

(Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka) bustling; filled with activity


樖

兩樖樹／两樖树 [Cantonese] ― loeng⁵ po¹ syu⁶ [Jyutping] ― two trees

(Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka, Zhongshan Min) Classifier for plants. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier


氈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjan): phonetic 亶 (OC *taːnʔ) + semantic 毛 (“hair, fur”).
In some fonts, the lower left is 且 (instead of 旦).

Han compound

2020, “愛斯基摩人之吻 [Eskimo Kiss]”, performed by 馮允謙 [Jay Fung]:

A person and a blanket, how can one hug?

jat¹ go³ jan⁴ jat¹ zoeng¹ zin¹ zam² soeng¹ jung²

一個人一張氈怎相擁

一个人一张毡怎相拥

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Eastern Min, Teochew) blanket; rug; carpet (Classifier: 張／张 c)


痕

Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Zhuang haenz (“itchy”) (< Proto-Tai *ɣalᴬ (“to itch”)), humz (“to itch”), Hlai kom (“to itch”).

我呢度好痕。

𢯎痕


腍

Possibly borrowed from one or several substrate languages; cf. Zhuang naemz (“soft; pulpy; thoroughly cooked”), Thai นุ่ม (nûm, “soft”) (Lian, 2001). Perhaps related to etymology 1.

cog

The beef brisket has been simmered until it is really tender.

啲牛腩炆到好腍。

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) soft; tender


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

He had already started to carry an umbrella before the rain even began to fall.

di¹ jyu⁵ jat¹ dik¹ dou¹ mei⁶ lok⁶ keoi⁵ ji⁵ ging¹ hai² dou⁶ lo² zyu⁶ baa² ze¹ haang⁴.

啲雨一滴都未落佢已經喺度攞住把遮行。

啲雨一滴都未落佢已经喺度𫽋住把遮行。

(transitive) (to move something to a lower place)

(Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Huizhou, Min, Southern Pinghua, Wu, Xiang) to fall down; to rain or snow

(to move something to a lower place)
to fall down; to rain or snow


衫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sroːm): semantic 衣 + phonetic 彡 (OC *sroːm, *slom).

Han compound

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

一套衫

(literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Pinghua) clothing; clothes (Classifier: 套 c; 軀／躯 mn)


起

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰɯʔ): semantic 走 + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs).
Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kyi (“to lift, raise, awake”); cognate with Burmese ချီ (hkyi, “to lift”) (STEDT).

inh

起緊嘅線路

起紧嘅线路

呢棟樓係新起嘅。

呢栋楼系新起嘅。

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min, Pinghua, Wu, Xiang) to construct; to build


閪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 西. Compare 𨳊, 𨳍, 𨶙.
Perhaps a substrate loan. Compare Proto-Tai *hiːᴬ (“vagina”), whence Thai หี (hǐi).
Alternatively, Bauer (1991) proposes that it is related to 屄: *mai > *bai (cf. Min Nan 膣屄 tsi¹ bai¹) > *phai (cf. Chengdu phi¹) > *hai. Also compare Tibeto-Burman words: Tangkhul Naga hai (“vulva”), Mru [script needed] (kai, “vagina; vulva”), Bodo (India) [script needed] (ki ʈuʔ, “vagina”).

cog

2019 June 12, from a police officer during the 2019 Hong Kong protests

自由閪、freedom hi

自由𲈹、freedom hi

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, vulgar) vulva; cunt (Classifier: 個／个 c; 塊／块 c)


靚

靓
靓
靓
精
倩
靓
像
倩

靚仔

靓仔

靚衫

靓衫

靚相

靓相

You're not going out or anything; what do you need to dress so well for?

nei⁵ dou¹ m⁴ hai⁶ ceot¹ gaai¹, sai² mat¹ zoek³ gam³ leng³ aa³?

你都唔係出街，使乜著咁靚呀？

你都唔系出街，使乜著咁靓呀？

nei¹ go³ neoi⁵ zai² dou¹ gei² leng³ aa³ haa².

呢個女仔都幾靚呀吓。

呢个女仔都几靓呀吓。

(regional, including Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) pretty; beautiful

今晚煲湯夠嗮靚！

今晚煲汤够嗮靓！

The material of this shirt is pretty good.

gin⁶ saam¹ di¹ zat¹ dei⁶⁻² dou¹ gei² leng³ wo³.

件衫啲質地都幾靚喎。

件衫啲质地都几靓㖞。

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua) good; fine


麻雀

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (麻雀):
* → Korean: 마작(麻雀) (majak, “mahjong”)

Wutunhua: macio

desc

→ Burmese: မာကျောက် (ma-kyauk, “mahjong”)

→ Dutch: matjok (“Surinamese variant of mahjong”)

→ Japanese: 麻(マー)雀(ジャン) (mājan) (orthographic)

→ Vietnamese: mạt chược (“mahjong”)

→ Zhuang: mazcoz (“mahjong”)

/mä³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʔ⁵/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ²/

/ma¹¹ t͡ɕiɔk̚¹/

/ma¹³ t͡sʰyɒʔ²¹/

/ma²⁴ t͡sʰyøʔ²/

/ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/

/mã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³/

/mã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mua²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/muã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mo²² t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mo²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mo²² t͡sʰiɑʔ³³/

/mo²² t͡siɑʔ³³/

/mɤa³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

/mä³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʔ⁵/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ²/

/ma¹¹ t͡ɕiɔk̚¹/

/ma¹³ t͡sʰyɒʔ²¹/

/ma²⁴ t͡sʰyøʔ²/

/ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/

/mã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³/

/mã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mua²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/muã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mo²² t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mo²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mo²² t͡sʰiɑʔ³³/

/mo²² t͡siɑʔ³³/

/mɤa³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

(dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua) mahjong


數字

/ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/ɬɔu⁴² t͡so¹¹/

/ɬɔu⁴² t͡so²¹/

/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/

/sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/

/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/

/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/

/sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

/siau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zi¹¹/

/ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/ɬɔu⁴² t͡so¹¹/

/ɬɔu⁴² t͡so²¹/

/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/

/sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/

/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/

/sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/

/sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

/siau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zi¹¹/


𨳍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 七. Compare 𨳊, 閪／𲈹, 𨶙.

Han compound

(Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka, vulgar) penis (especially flaccid) (Classifier: 轆／辘 c)


舊年

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕiəɯ⁴⁴ liẽ/

/kɐu̯²² niːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/kɐu̯²² niːn²¹/

/kiu³² ⁿden²²⁻²²⁵/

/ˈt͡ɕʰiu¹¹ n̠ʲiɛn³⁵/

/kʰi̯u⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/

/kʰi̯u⁵⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/

/kʰiu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋian¹¹/

/ku³³⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/

/ku³³⁻²¹ nĩ²³/

/ku²²⁻²¹ nĩ²⁴/

/ku⁴¹⁻²² ni²⁴/

/ku⁴¹⁻²² nĩ²⁴/

/ku²²⁻²¹ nĩ¹³/

/ku²¹⁻²² lin²⁴/

/d͡ʑiɤ²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/d͡ʑʏ²² n̠ʲɪ³³/

/d͡ʑiɤɯ¹¹ n̠ʲɪ²⁴/

/d͡ʑi̯ɔ¹¹ ni¹³⁻³³/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕiəɯ⁴⁴ liẽ/

/kɐu̯²² niːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/kɐu̯²² niːn²¹/

/kiu³² ⁿden²²⁻²²⁵/

/ˈt͡ɕʰiu¹¹ n̠ʲiɛn³⁵/

/kʰi̯u⁵⁵ ŋi̯en¹¹/

/kʰi̯u⁵⁵ ŋi̯an¹¹/

/kʰiu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋian¹¹/

/ku³³⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴/

/ku³³⁻²¹ nĩ²³/

/ku²²⁻²¹ nĩ²⁴/

/ku⁴¹⁻²² ni²⁴/

/ku⁴¹⁻²² nĩ²⁴/

/ku²²⁻²¹ nĩ¹³/

/ku²¹⁻²² lin²⁴/

/d͡ʑiɤ²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/d͡ʑʏ²² n̠ʲɪ³³/

/d͡ʑiɤɯ¹¹ n̠ʲɪ²⁴/

/d͡ʑi̯ɔ¹¹ ni¹³⁻³³/


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


早晨

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ɕin⁴/

/t͡sɔ⁵¹ ʂəŋ²⁴/

/t͡sɔu³⁵ sɐn²¹/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡sɔ³³ zən⁴⁴/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ɕin⁴/

/t͡sɔ⁵¹ ʂəŋ²⁴/

/t͡sɔu³⁵ sɐn²¹/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡sɔ³³ zən⁴⁴/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³/

王小姐，早晨。

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min) good morning


小口

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siːu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

/sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siːu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

/sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) snack


煙塵

/jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/jiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tin¹³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tin²⁴/

/jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/jiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tin¹³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tin²⁴/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min) dust


新婦

新妇
新抱
心抱
新袍
新府
新𡜵

/sɐn⁵⁵ fuː¹³/

/sɐn⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/sɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mou²⁴²/

/ɬiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu¹¹/

/ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/θiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ pu³³/

/sin³³⁻²¹ pu²¹/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/sim⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/siŋ³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/sim³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/seŋ³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/ɕiŋ³³ vu⁵¹/

/siŋ⁵⁵ βu³¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ fuː¹³/

/sɐn⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/sɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mou²⁴²/

/ɬiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu¹¹/

/ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/θiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ pu³³/

/sin³³⁻²¹ pu²¹/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/sim⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/siŋ³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/sim³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/seŋ³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/ɕiŋ³³ vu⁵¹/

/siŋ⁵⁵ βu³¹/

(literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min, Pinghua, Wu) daughter-in-law


馬騮

→ Macanese: malau

maa⁵⁻¹ lau⁴⁻¹

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

maa⁵⁻¹ lau⁴⁻¹

maa⁵⁻¹ lau⁴⁻¹

ma⁵⁻¹ leo⁴⁻¹

/maː¹³ lɐu̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/maː¹³ lɐu̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/maː¹³⁻⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Unknown. Some possibilities for the etymology:
* A substrate Tai-Kadai loanword, compare Zhuang maxlaeuz (“monkey”), Lingao ma² lu² (“monkey”), Gelao mu⁶ lau².
* From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(j/r)uk. Cognate with Burmese မျောက် (myauk, “monkey”) and possibly 猱 (OC *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us, “yellow-haired monkey”). Compare 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”), 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”), 獼猴 (OC *mnel ɡoː, “macaque”) and 馬猴／马猴 (mǎhóu, “macaque”). The latter has the same pre-initial.

och-l

马骝
馬留
馬流
獁騮
馬嘍
嗎嘍

(chiefly Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin, Zhongshan Min, Pingnan Min) monkey (Classifier: 隻／只 c)


我哋

/ŋɔː¹³ tei̯²²/

/ŋɔː¹³ tei̯²²/

我哋係朋友。

我哋系朋友。


佢哋

/kʰɵy̯¹³ tei̯²²/

/kʰɵy̯¹³ tei̯²²/

佢哋係學生。

佢哋系学生。

Don't touch the rats; they are so dirty.

m⁴ hou² mo² di¹ lou⁵ syu² laa¹, keoi⁵ dei⁶ gam³ wu¹ zou¹ laat⁶ taat³.

唔好摸啲老鼠啦，佢哋咁污糟邋遢。


阿娘

/ˀä⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/a²⁴ niɑŋ²⁴/

/aː³³ nœːŋ²¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² niã²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ niã²⁴/

/a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niã²⁴/

/an⁴⁴⁻³³ niã²⁴/

/an⁴⁴⁻³³ niã²³/

/an⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niã²⁴/

/a³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/

/a³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

/a⁵⁵ n̠ʲiã²¹/

/aʔ³³ n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/ˀä⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/a²⁴ niɑŋ²⁴/

/aː³³ nœːŋ²¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² niã²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ niã²⁴/

/a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niã²⁴/

/an⁴⁴⁻³³ niã²⁴/

/an⁴⁴⁻³³ niã²³/

/an⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niã²⁴/

/a³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/

/a³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

/a⁵⁵ n̠ʲiã²¹/

/aʔ³³ n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/

/a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴/

/an⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴/

/a³³⁻²³ nia⁵⁵/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/

/a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴/

/an⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴/

/a³³⁻²³ nia⁵⁵/

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

§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister

paternal grandmother
paternal grandmother

(Zhejiang Wu, Pinghua) paternal grandmother


後背

/xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/hɐu̯²² puːi̯³³/

/heu³² pᵘɔi³³⁻²¹/

/heu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ poɪ⁵³/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ pe̞i̯⁴⁵/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/hɐu̯²² puːi̯³³/

/heu³² pᵘɔi³³⁻²¹/

/heu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ poɪ⁵³/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ pe̞i̯⁴⁵/

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 9:20

Yû yit-ke fu-ngìn-kâ, pot hiet-leu-phiang sṳ̍p-ngi ngièn; kì hàng-to Yâ-sû ke heu-poi, miâ kì ke sâm-mî.

有一個婦人家，發血漏病十二年；姖行到耶穌个後背，摸佢个衫尾。

有一个妇人家，发血漏病十二年；姖行到耶稣个后背，摸佢个衫尾。

(Lichuan Gan, Hakka, Pinghua, Taishanese, Xiang, Ningbonese) behind; rear; back


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


百足

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

/pak̚³² ɬɵk̚⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

/pak̚³² ɬɵk̚⁵⁵/

(literary or Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka) centipede (Classifier: 條／条 c)


幫手

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²/

/pɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

/pɔŋ³³ siu⁵⁵/

/pɔŋ⁴² sɨu²/

/pɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ su³¹/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/paŋ³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

/pɑ̃⁵⁵ sɤ²¹/

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²/

/pɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

/pɔŋ³³ siu⁵⁵/

/pɔŋ⁴² sɨu²/

/pɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ su³¹/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/paŋ³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

/pɑ̃⁵⁵ sɤ²¹/

If you want to help, then go wash the dishes.

jyu⁴ gwo² nei⁵ soeng² bong¹ sau², zau⁶ heoi³ sai² wun² laa¹.

如果你想幫手，就去洗碗啦。

如果你想帮手，就去洗碗啦。

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) to help


傾偈

傾⫽偈 (canonical)
倾偈
傾計
謦欬
傾蓋

/kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/kʰen³³ kai³²⁻³²⁵/

/kʰeŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kai²³/

/kʰeŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ kai²⁴/

/kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/kʰen³³ kai³²⁻³²⁵/

/kʰeŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kai²³/

/kʰeŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ kai²⁴/

Possibly from 傾 (“to chat < to pour out”) + 偈 (“words < gatha”).
Some propose that it comes from Classical Chinese 謦欬 (“to cough; to talk casually”).

冇乜偈好傾

冇乜偈好倾

1987, 皮思旺, “Sales · 牧師”, in 橄欖, number 57, page 17:

bat¹ gwo³ kei⁴ sat⁶ ngo⁵ dou¹ m⁴ hai⁶ m⁴ soeng² gaau² je⁵ ge³, zou² paai⁴ zung⁶ nam² zyu⁶ gaau² go³ zung¹ kap¹ tyun⁴, soeng² waa⁶ bei² di¹ zing³ kok³ di¹ ge³ tai² faat³ keoi⁵ dei⁶, bat¹ gwo³ hau⁶ loi⁴ ngo⁵ tung⁴ di¹ tyun⁴ jau⁵ king¹ gai⁶⁻², sin¹ zi³ faat³ gok³ jyun⁴ loi⁴ keoi⁵ dei⁶ deoi³ seon³ joeng⁵ dik¹ tai² faat³ hou² bun² sik¹ faa³ gaa³, keoi⁵ dei⁶ giu³ soeng⁶ dai³ zou⁶ fren¹ ge³, zung⁶ gok³ dak¹ soeng⁶ dai³ si⁴ si⁴ tung⁴ keoi⁵ dei⁶ jat¹ cai⁴, mat¹ si⁶ dou¹ kei⁴ tou² ge³.

不過其實我都唔係唔想攪嘢嘅，早排重諗住攪個中級團，想話比啲正確啲嘅睇法佢哋，不過後來我同啲團友傾偈，先至發覺原來佢哋對信仰的睇法好本色化㗎，佢哋叫上帝做FRIEND嘅，重覺得上帝時時同佢哋一齊，乜事都祈禱嘅。

不过其实我都唔系唔想搅嘢嘅，早排重谂住搅个中级团，想话比啲正确啲嘅睇法佢哋，不过后来我同啲团友倾偈，先至发觉原来佢哋对信仰的睇法好本色化㗎，佢哋叫上帝做FRIEND嘅，重觉得上帝时时同佢哋一齐，乜事都祈祷嘅。

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Zhongshan Min) to chat; to discuss; to talk


人哋

(Cantonese, Pinghua) others; someone else


鹹濕

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/ham⁴² ʃɐp̚²⁴/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/ham⁴² ʃɐp̚²⁴/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) lecherous; lascivious


鹹濕佬

咸湿佬
鹹溼佬
咸濕佬
咸溼佬

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(chiefly Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, derogatory) lecherous man; pervert


打邊爐

→ Macanese: tapilu

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lu³⁵/

/ta³¹ piɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lu¹¹/

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lu³⁵/

/ta³¹ piɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lu¹¹/

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) to have hot pot


睡夢

/ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/

/fi⁴⁴ məŋ²⁴/

/sɵy̯²² mʊŋ²²/

/sui²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/

/sui⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/

/sui²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/

/fi⁴⁴ məŋ²⁴/

/sɵy̯²² mʊŋ²²/

/sui²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/

/sui⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/

/sui²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/


衫領

/saːm⁵⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/sam²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯aŋ²⁴/

/ɬɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ nia⁴⁵³/

/ɬɒ̃⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ nia³³²/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² niã⁵³/

/sã³³ niã⁵⁵⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² niã⁵³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ niã⁵³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ niã⁴¹/

/saːm⁵⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/sam²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯aŋ²⁴/

/ɬɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ nia⁴⁵³/

/ɬɒ̃⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ nia³³²/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² niã⁵³/

/sã³³ niã⁵⁵⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² niã⁵³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ niã⁵³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻³³ niã⁴¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Huizhou, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Pinghua) collar (of a shirt)


發夢

tlb

(Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua)

/fä⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/

/faːt̚³ mʊŋ²²/

/fat̚³³ ᵐbɵŋ³²/

/fä⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/

/faːt̚³ mʊŋ²²/

/fat̚³³ ᵐbɵŋ³²/

Yû yit ke am-pû-thèu, ngài pot-mung mung-tó ngài e â-ma

有一个暗晡頭 𠊎發夢夢到𠊎个阿嬤

有一个暗晡头 𠊎发梦梦到𠊎个阿嬷

Don't just stand here daydreaming all day!

m⁴ hou² seng⁴ jat⁶ kei⁵ hai² dou⁶ faat³ mung⁶!

唔好成日企喺度發夢！

唔好成日企喺度发梦！

發夢入咗立會

发梦入咗立会

(Hong Kong, neologism, euphemistic) to participate in a protest activity, especially an illegal activity


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


一啲

/jɐt̚⁵ tiː⁵⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵ tiː⁵⁵/

GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified)


大肚婆

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ai³² u⁵⁵ pʰᵘɔ²²⁻²¹⁵/

/tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tu³¹ pʰo¹¹/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ai³² u⁵⁵ pʰᵘɔ²²⁻²¹⁵/

/tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tu³¹ pʰo¹¹/

(chiefly Guangxi Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Teochew, idiomatic) pregnant woman


熱痱

/jiːt̚² fɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/jiːt̚² fɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Datian Min, Longyan Min, Zhongshan Min) miliaria; heat rash


屙肚

/ɔː⁵⁵ tʰou̯¹³/

/ŋo⁴² ˈtʰu¹¹/

/o⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tu³¹/

/ɔː⁵⁵ tʰou̯¹³/

/ŋo⁴² ˈtʰu¹¹/

/o⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tu³¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua) to have diarrhea


散紙

/sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

/sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Zhongshan Min, Pinghua) change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.)


銀包

/ŋɐn²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵/

/ᵑɡan²² pau³³⁻³³⁵/

/ŋɐn²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵/

/ᵑɡan²² pau³³⁻³³⁵/


屎窟

/siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵/

/ʃi²⁴⁻³³ vut⁵/

/sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fut̚¹/

/siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵/

/ʃi²⁴⁻³³ vut⁵/

/sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fut̚¹/

屎胐
屎𦜇
屎忽
屎脗
㞓胐
尸胐
屎肳
笥胐
笥窟
屉胐

(Lichuan Gan, Xiaosanjiang Hakka, Pinghua) anus


屎窟窿

/siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua) anus; asshole


洋鹼

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/iaŋ²¹ t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/

/iɔŋ³⁵ ˈkan²¹³/

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/iaŋ²¹ t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/

/iɔŋ³⁵ ˈkan²¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Xiang, Dexing Huizhou, Shaxian Central Min, Danyang Wu) soap


雪條

/syːt̚³ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɬut̚⁵⁵ hiau²²⁻²²⁵/

/syːt̚³ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɬut̚⁵⁵ hiau²²⁻²²⁵/

雪條棍／雪条棍 [Cantonese] ― syut³ tiu⁴⁻² gwan³ [Jyutping] ― popsicle stick

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Zhongshan Min, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) ice popsicle (Classifier: 條／条 c; 枝 c)


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)


電單車

/ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/tiːn²² taːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/tiːn²² taːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) motorcycle (Classifier: 部 c; 架 c)


細叔

/sɐi̯³³ sʊk̚⁵/

/sɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^((t͡s-))ʒøyʔ²⁴/

/sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/soi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sek̚²/

/sɐi̯³³ sʊk̚⁵/

/sɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^((t͡s-))ʒøyʔ²⁴/

/sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/

/soi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sek̚²/

(Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Pinghua) brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)


港紙

/kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/kuɔŋ³¹ t͡sz̩³¹/

/kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua⁴¹/

/kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua⁵³/

/kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

/kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/kuɔŋ³¹ t͡sz̩³¹/

/kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua⁴¹/

/kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua⁵³/

/kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/

一百蚊港紙

一百蚊港纸

(chiefly Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Southern Min, Liuzhou Mandarin, cant in Beijing Mandarin) Hong Kong dollar


指甲鉗

ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ kʰiːm²¹⁻³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ kʰiːm²¹⁻³⁵/

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) nail clipper; nail scissors


飯匙骨

/puoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nie⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɑuʔ²⁴/

buei⁵ si² goh⁶ [Phonetic:buei⁵ li⁴ goh⁶]

buinn⁵ si² guoh⁶ [Phonetic:buinn⁵ ni⁴ guoh⁶]

/pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ si²³⁻³³ kut̚³²/

/pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ si²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/

/pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁵/

/puĩ²²⁻²¹ si¹³⁻²² kut̚³²/

/puŋ¹¹ si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuk̚²/

/puoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nie⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɑuʔ²⁴/

/pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ si²³⁻³³ kut̚³²/

/pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ si²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/

/pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁵/

/puĩ²²⁻²¹ si¹³⁻²² kut̚³²/

/puŋ¹¹ si⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuk̚²/

(Hakka, Min, Pinghua, anatomy) shoulder blade; scapula


牛一

/ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/

From splitting the character 生, as in 生日 (shēngrì, “birthday”), 生角 (“sheng (role)”), 先生 (xiānshēng, “mister”), 醫生 /医生 (yīshēng, “doctor”).

TCM: doctor practising traditional Chinese medicine

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Huicheng dialect, slang) birthday


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)


行人道

ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ

ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ

/ɕiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/hɐŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ tou̯²²/

/haːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ tou̯²²/

/hɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nɔ²⁴²/

/hiɐŋ²¹ ɲən²¹ tau²²/

/ɕiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/hɐŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ tou̯²²/

/haːŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ tou̯²²/

/hɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((Ø-))ŋiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nɔ²⁴²/

/hiɐŋ²¹ ɲən²¹ tau²²/

(Jianghuai Mandarin, Cantonese, Eastern Min, Northern Min, Pinghua, Wu) sidewalk


冇錯

/mou̯¹³ t͡sʰɔː³³/

/mou̯¹³ t͡sʰɔː³³/


茄瓜

/kʰɛː²¹⁻³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

/kʰɛː²¹⁻³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

(Liping Mandarin, Cantonese, Pinghua) eggplant


阿婆

→ Macanese: apó

/ˀä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/aː³³ pʰɔː²¹/

/a³³ pʰᵘɔ²²/

/ŋa⁴² ˈpʰo²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² po⁴⁴/

/ˀä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/aː³³ pʰɔː²¹/

/a³³ pʰᵘɔ²²/

/ŋa⁴² ˈpʰo²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰo¹¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² po¹³/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ²³/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ po²⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² po⁴⁴/

Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother

(Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Wu, Pinghua) maternal grandmother


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


螺絲批

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/

/lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵ pʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

/lᵘɔ²² ɬu³³ pʰai³³⁻²¹⁵/

/lo¹¹ sz̩⁴⁴ paɪ⁴⁴/

/lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³³⁻²³ pʰoi³³/

/lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³³⁻²³ poi³³/

/lu²² sz̩⁵⁵ pʰi²¹/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/

/lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵ pʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

/lᵘɔ²² ɬu³³ pʰai³³⁻²¹⁵/

/lo¹¹ sz̩⁴⁴ paɪ⁴⁴/

/lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³³⁻²³ pʰoi³³/

/lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³³⁻²³ poi³³/

/lu²² sz̩⁵⁵ pʰi²¹/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Teochew, Wu) screwdriver


雷公

/leɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lui²² kɵŋ³³/

/lui⁴² kʊŋ³³/

/luɪ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

/so³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/

/l̃ai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵/

/lui¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɒŋ⁵³³/

/lui²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/lui²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

/lui¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ koŋ³³/

/leɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lui²² kɵŋ³³/

/lui⁴² kʊŋ³³/

/luɪ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

/so³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/

/l̃ai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵/

/lui¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɒŋ⁵³³/

/lui²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/lui²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

/lui¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ koŋ³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Southern Min, Pinghua, Shehua, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) thunder


鋪面

/pʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pʰou̯³³ miːn²²⁻³⁵/

/pʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²/

/pʰɔ³³ bin⁴¹/

/pʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³/

/pʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

/pʰu⁴⁵ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹/

/pʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pʰou̯³³ miːn²²⁻³⁵/

/pʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²/

/pʰɔ³³ bin⁴¹/

/pʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³/

/pʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

/pʰu⁴⁵ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹/


手抽

/sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

1986, 唐人, 混血女郎, in 《混血女郎：唐人中篇小说集》, Changsha: 湖南文艺出版社, page 194

song¹ taan² nei⁴ baa² sau² cau¹ tai⁴ ceot¹ mun⁴ ngoi⁶, waan⁵ zoek⁶ taa¹ mou⁵ can¹, deoi³ maa⁵ lau⁴⁻¹ wong⁴ dou⁶: “sap⁶ fan¹ zung¹ hau⁶, cing² nei⁵ dou³ gau² lung⁴ sing⁴ cat¹ sing¹ caa⁴ lau⁴ ji⁶ lau⁴⁻² dang² hau⁶, ngo⁵ mou⁵ can¹ wui⁵ daai³ taa¹ zaau² nei⁵, sung³ taa¹ dou³ pong⁴ jan⁴ gaa¹ heoi³, jat¹ go³ mou⁵ can¹ sung³ diu⁶ zi⁶ gei² dik¹ gwat¹ juk⁶, ze² cing⁴ jing⁴ nei⁵ bat¹ jung⁶ soeng² bin⁶ zi¹ dou³...... hou², sap⁶ fan¹ zung¹ zi¹ hau⁶ nei⁵ zoi³ zau².”

桑妲妮把手抽提出門外，挽着她母親，對馬騮王道：「十分鐘後，請你到九龍城七星茶樓二樓等候，我母親會帶他找你，送他到旁人家去，一個母親送掉自己的骨肉，這情形你不用想便知道……好，十分鐘之後你再走。」

桑妲妮把手抽提出门外，挽着她母亲，对马骝王道：「十分钟后，请你到九龙城七星茶楼二楼等候，我母亲会带他找你，送他到旁人家去，一个母亲送掉自己的骨肉，这情形你不用想便知道……好，十分钟之后你再走。」

When they saw that people were not paying attention, they took the handbag away.

2016, 麦耘 and 谭步云 (editors), 《实用广州话分类词典》, Guangzhou: 世界图书出版公司, →ISBN, page 227

hau¹ jan⁴ m⁴ seoi⁴ ji³, zoeng¹ go³ sau² cau¹ saau⁴ zo² zau².

睺人唔垂意，將個手抽捎咗走。

睺人唔垂意，将个手抽捎咗走。

2017, 何紫, 所有東西都降價, in 《何紫兒童小說精選集 2》, Hong Kong: 山邊出版社, →ISBN, page 49

siu⁶ loeng⁴ waan⁵ zoek⁶ jat¹ go³ si⁶ do¹ sau² cau¹, taa¹ baa² sau² cau¹ gaau¹ kap¹ maa¹⁻⁴ maa¹, maa¹⁻⁴ maa¹ cung⁴ sau² cau¹ leoi⁵ naa⁴ ceot¹ jat¹ go³ gai¹ pei⁴ zi² doi⁶⁻², siu² sam¹ dik¹ baa² baat³ zoeng¹ ng⁵ baak³ jyun⁴ fong³ zoi⁶ zi² doi⁶⁻² leoi⁵, zip³ liu⁵ hou² gei² zip³, zoi³ fong³ zoi⁶ sau² cau¹ leoi⁵, jin⁴ hau⁶ jau⁶ baa² sau² cau¹ zip³ gei² haa⁵, gan² gan² dei⁶ aak¹ zoi⁶ sau² zung¹.

兆良挽着一個士多手抽，他把手抽交給媽媽，媽媽從手抽裏拿出一個雞皮紙袋，小心的把八張五百元放在紙袋裏，摺了好幾摺，再放在手抽裏，然後又把手抽摺幾下，緊緊地握在手中。

兆良挽着一个士多手抽，他把手抽交给妈妈，妈妈从手抽里拿出一个鸡皮纸袋，小心的把八张五百元放在纸袋里，折了好几折，再放在手抽里，然后又把手抽折几下，紧紧地握在手中。

2017 June 17, 阿濃, 召集人, in 《大公報》, page B6

mui⁵ ci³ loi⁴ taa¹ dou¹ daai³ zoek⁶ jat¹ loeng⁵ go³ “sau² cau¹”, hoeng³ jau⁵ seoi¹ jiu³ dik¹ jan⁴ fan¹ paai³ gin⁶ hong¹ sik⁶ ban²

每次來他都帶着一兩個「手抽」，向有需要的人分派健康食品

每次来他都带着一两个「手抽」，向有需要的人分派健康食品

(Cantonese, Pinghua) basket or bag with a handle (Classifier: 個／个 c)


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


外母

/waɪ̯⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɔːi̯²² mou̯¹³⁻³⁵/

/ᵑɡᵘɔi³² ᵐbu²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/waɪ̯⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɔːi̯²² mou̯¹³⁻³⁵/

/ᵑɡᵘɔi³² ᵐbu²¹⁻²¹⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Cantonese, Pinghua) wife's mother; mother-in-law


膠擦

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³⁻³⁵/

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³/

/kau³³ t͡sʰat̚³³⁻²¹⁵/

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³⁻³⁵/

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³/

/kau³³ t͡sʰat̚³³⁻²¹⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin) eraser; rubber


古月粉

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kuː³⁵ jyːt̚² fɐn³⁵/

/ku³⁵ zøt̚²² fɐn³⁵/

/ku⁵⁵ ᵑɡut̚³² fun⁵⁵/

/ku³³ ɲyt̚²⁴ fən³³/

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kuː³⁵ jyːt̚² fɐn³⁵/

/ku³⁵ zøt̚²² fɐn³⁵/

/ku⁵⁵ ᵑɡut̚³² fun⁵⁵/

/ku³³ ɲyt̚²⁴ fən³³/

古月 comes from splitting 胡 (hú) in 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn, “ground pepper”).

1996, 劉小群, 殭屍福星 [Night Journey], episode 4, spoken by 丁小玉 (蘇玉華 [Louisa So]):

I wonder, if I sprinkle some pepper on, what would happen to it?

m⁴ zi¹ ne¹, ngo⁵ sam² di¹ gu² jyut⁶ fan² lok⁶ heoi³ keoi⁵ wui⁵ dim² ne¹?

唔知呢，我糝啲古月粉落去佢會點呢？

唔知呢，我糁啲古月粉落去佢会点呢？

2005, 張洛瑋, 本草藥王 [The Herbalist's Manual], episode 14, spoken by 工人 [Worker] (張國威 [Accord Cheung]):

[After the worker holding flour and Cheung Kiu (張嬌) bumped into each other, to Cheung Kiu] Hey, it's just because you weren't looking when walking. Fortunately, it was just flour. If it were pepper, you'd be blind.

wai³, nei⁵ zi⁶ gei² haang⁴ lou⁶ m⁴ daai³ ngaan⁵ zaa³. hou² coi² hai⁶ di¹ min⁶ fan² ze¹, jyu⁴ gwo² hai⁶ gu² jyut⁶ fan², nei⁵ maang⁴ zo² laa³.

喂，你自己行路唔帶眼咋。好彩係啲麵粉啫，如果係古月粉，你盲咗喇。

喂，你自己行路唔带眼咋。好彩系啲面粉啫，如果系古月粉，你盲咗喇。

2011, 梁科慶 [Leung For-hing], Q concern, Hong Kong: 突破出版社 [Breakthrough], →ISBN, page 108:

Then, I cracked all the eggs into the soup bowl, whisked up the eggs with bamboo chopsticks, mixed in pepper and sesame oil, poured [the mixture] into the frying pan, turned up the heat, wrapped diced luncheon meat and mixed vegetables with egg, and fried it until fragrant.

zip³ zoek⁶ ngo⁵ baa² so² jau⁵ gai¹ daan⁶⁻² daa² zeon³ tong¹ wun², jung⁶ zuk¹ faai³ zi² baa² daan⁶⁻² zap¹ gaau² wan⁴, bun⁶ jap⁶ gu² jyut⁶ fan² wo⁴ maa⁴ jau⁴, king¹ jap⁶ wok⁶ zung¹, gaa¹ daai⁶ fo² lik⁶, zoeng¹ daan⁶⁻² baau¹ zoek³ ng⁵ caan¹ juk⁶ lap¹ wo⁴ zaap⁶ dau⁶⁻² jat¹ bing³ zin¹ hoeng¹.

接着我把所有雞蛋打進湯碗，用竹筷子把蛋汁攪勻，拌入古月粉和麻油，傾入鑊中，加大火力，將蛋包着午餐肉粒和雜豆一併煎香。

接着我把所有鸡蛋打进汤碗，用竹筷子把蛋汁搅匀，拌入古月粉和麻油，倾入镬中，加大火力，将蛋包着午餐肉粒和杂豆一并煎香。

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan) ground pepper


𠺘口

哴口
啷口
𠻴口
𪮡口
朗口
浪口

/lɔːŋ³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/ⁿdɔŋ⁵⁵ heu⁵⁵/

/lɔːŋ³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/ⁿdɔŋ⁵⁵ heu⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu, Wuming Mandarin, Pinghua) to rinse the mouth; to gargle


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


奶母

/naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mo⁴⁵³/

/nɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mo³³²/

/nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/

/nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

/liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

/liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/

/liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/

/nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁵³/

/ni³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

/naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mo⁴⁵³/

/nɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mo³³²/

/nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/

/nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

/liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

/liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/

/liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/

/nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁵³/

/ni³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Pinghua) wet nurse


阿爺

/aː³³ jɛː²¹/

/aː³³ jɛː²¹/

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

>< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

(dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Eastern Min, Pinghua, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) uncle (father's elder brother)


伯娘

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/pɛ²¹ nʲiaŋ²¹/

/paːk̚³ nœːŋ²¹/

/pɛ²⁴ nøŋ²¹/

/paʔ⁵ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/pi³³ niɐŋ²¹/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/pɛ²¹ nʲiaŋ²¹/

/paːk̚³ nœːŋ²¹/

/pɛ²⁴ nøŋ²¹/

/paʔ⁵ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/pi³³ niɐŋ²¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Jin, Pinghua, dialectal Xiang) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)


豬頭肥

/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ pui²³/

/ti⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ pui²⁴/

/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ pui²⁴/

/ti⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pui²⁴/

/tu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pui²⁴/

/tɯ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ pui²⁴/

/tɯ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pui⁵⁵/

/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ pui²³/

/ti⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ pui²⁴/

/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻³³ pui²⁴/

/ti⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pui²⁴/

/tu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pui²⁴/

/tɯ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ pui²⁴/

/tɯ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pui⁵⁵/

(Liuzhou Mandarin; Nanning Cantonese and Pinghua; Xingning Hakka; Xiamen, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien; Teochew) mumps


雞忘記

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ kei̯³³/

/kai³³ ᵐbɔŋ³² kei³³⁻³³⁵/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ kei̯³³/

/kai³³ ᵐbɔŋ³² kei³³⁻³³⁵/

According to folklore, someone who eats it becomes forgetful.

(Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin) spleen of a chicken

Huicheng dialect; Guangxi Mandarin; Huicheng dialect; Guangxi Mandarin


眼核

/ŋaːn¹³ wɐt̚²/

/ŋaːn¹³ wɐt̚²/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua) eyeball


檐蛇

/jiːm²¹ sɛː²¹⁻³⁵/

/jiːm²¹ sɛː²¹⁻³⁵/

Hemidactylus frenatus
Hemidactylus frenatus#Translingual

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Pingnan and Haifeng Southern Min) gecko, house lizard (Hemidactylus frenatus)


飛機師

/fi⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴ ɕi⁴⁴/

/pue³³⁻²³ ki³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/

/fi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ sz̩²¹/

/fi⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴ ɕi⁴⁴/

/pue³³⁻²³ ki³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/

/fi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ sz̩²¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Eastern Min, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Wu) pilot; aviator


三六

/saːm⁵⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

/saːm⁵⁵ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

Three plus six is nine: 九, which is homophonous to 狗 (“dog”) in some varieties.


耳窿

/jiː¹³ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/ŋi³¹ lʊŋ¹¹/

/jiː¹³ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/ŋi³¹ lʊŋ¹¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min, Fuqing Eastern Min) earhole (outer aperture of the ear)


屎片

/siː³⁵ pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵/

/sz̩³¹ pʰiɛn³¹/

/siː³⁵ pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵/

/sz̩³¹ pʰiɛn³¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, dialectal Gan, Pinghua) diaper


麻索

/muɛ³³ sɔ²⁴/

/muai⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lɔʔ²⁴/

/muã²⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

/muã²⁴⁻²² soʔ⁵/

/muã¹³⁻²² soʔ³²/

/muã²⁴⁻¹¹ soʔ³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ sɤʔ³²/

/muɛ³³ sɔ²⁴/

/muai⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lɔʔ²⁴/

/muã²⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

/muã²⁴⁻²² soʔ⁵/

/muã¹³⁻²² soʔ³²/

/muã²⁴⁻¹¹ soʔ³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ sɤʔ³²/

(Hakka, Min, Pinghua, Lichuan Gan) rope made of hemp, flax, jute, etc. (Classifier: 條／条 mn)


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


打鐵佬

/taː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³ lou̯³⁵/

/taː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³ lou̯³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Yudu Hakka, Danyang Wu) blacksmith (person who forges iron)


落班

/lɔːk̚² paːn⁵⁵/

/l̃oʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βaŋ⁵⁵/

/lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/

/loʔ⁴⁻² paŋ³³/

/lɔːk̚² paːn⁵⁵/

/l̃oʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βaŋ⁵⁵/

/lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴/

/loʔ⁴⁻² paŋ³³/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Pinghua, Wu) to finish work; to get off work


羊咩咩

yêng⁴ mé¹ mé¹

/jœːŋ²¹ mɛː⁵⁵ mɛː⁵⁵/

/i̯oŋ¹¹ me⁵⁵ me⁵⁵/

/iũ²⁴⁻²² mẽ⁴⁴ mẽ⁴⁴/

/iũ²⁴⁻²² mẽ(ʔ)⁵ mẽʔ⁵/

/iɔ̃¹³⁻²² mɛ̃ʔ³² mɛ̃ʔ³²/

/jœːŋ²¹ mɛː⁵⁵ mɛː⁵⁵/

/i̯oŋ¹¹ me⁵⁵ me⁵⁵/

/iũ²⁴⁻²² mẽ⁴⁴ mẽ⁴⁴/

/iũ²⁴⁻²² mẽ(ʔ)⁵ mẽʔ⁵/

/iɔ̃¹³⁻²² mɛ̃ʔ³² mɛ̃ʔ³²/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Pinghua, childish) goat


黃薑

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

/uĩ²³⁻²¹ kiãu³³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ kiũ⁴⁴/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

/uĩ²³⁻²¹ kiãu³³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ kiũ⁴⁴/

(literary or Cantonese, Pinghua, Penang Hokkien, Singapore Hokkien) turmeric


屙屁

/ɔː⁵⁵ pʰei̯³³/

/ᵘɔ³³ pʰei³³/

/ɔː⁵⁵ pʰei̯³³/

/ᵘɔ³³ pʰei³³/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) to fart


圍身裙

/ʋi¹¹ sən⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰiun¹¹/

/y²¹ seiŋ⁵⁴ kœyŋ³³/

/ui⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾liŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuŋ⁵³/

/ui²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴/

/ui¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² kun¹³/

/ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²⁴/

/ui²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²³/

/ʋi¹¹ sən⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰiun¹¹/

/y²¹ seiŋ⁵⁴ kœyŋ³³/

/ui⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾liŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋuŋ⁵³/

/ui²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴/

/ui¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² kun¹³/

/ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²⁴/

/ui²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²³/


沙蟲

/ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

/ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

(Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua) mosquito larva


怕醜草

/pʰaː³³ t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

/pʰaː³³ t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica#Translingual

(Cantonese, Pinghua) mimosa; shameplant (Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica, the sensitive plant)


雞腎

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʂən⁵¹/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn²²/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʂən⁵¹/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn²²/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn¹³/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn¹³⁻³⁵/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn¹³/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐn¹³⁻³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) chicken gizzard


孫新婦

/syːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/syːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/ɬun³³ ɬim³³ fu²¹/

/souŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mou²⁴²/

song¹ sing¹ bu⁵ [Phonetic:song⁵ ning² mu⁵]

/ɬɔŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu¹¹/

/ɬoŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu¹¹/

/θoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᶿ⁻⁾niŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

suong¹ sing¹ bu⁵ [Phonetic:suong⁵ ning² mu⁵]

/ɬuoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

suerng¹ sing¹ bu⁵ [Phonetic:suerng⁵ ning² mu⁵]

/ɬɯəŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/suŋ³³⁻²³ seŋ³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

/syːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/syːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

/ɬun³³ ɬim³³ fu²¹/

/souŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mou²⁴²/

/ɬɔŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu¹¹/

/ɬoŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu¹¹/

/θoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᶿ⁻⁾niŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/ɬuoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/ɬɯəŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾mu²¹/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/sun⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² pu²²/

/suŋ³³⁻²³ seŋ³³⁻²³ pu³⁵/

(Cantonese, Huizhou, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Pinghua, Wu, dialectal Hakka, Nantong Mandarin) granddaughter-in-law (grandson's wife)


風櫃

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯²²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kui²²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³/

/hɔŋ³³ kui³³/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯²²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kui²²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³/

/hɔŋ³³ kui³³/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Pinghua) winnowing machine; winnower


落力

/lɔːk̚² lɪk̚²/

/lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/

/lɔːk̚² lɪk̚²/

/lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Pinghua, Wenzhounese) to exert oneself; to make an effort


𨂽

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Zhuang daemh (“to stamp (one's foot)”), Bouyei damh (“to stamp (one's foot)”), Sui tjam⁶ (“to stamp (one's foot)”), Hlai domx (“to stamp (one's foot)”).

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) to stamp (one's foot)


豬郎

/t͡syː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ lɑ̃²¹/

/t͡sz̩ʷ⁴⁴ lɑ̃/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ lɑ̃²¹/

/t͡sz̩ʷ⁴⁴ lɑ̃/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Zhongshan Hakka, Zhongshan Min, Wu, Huizhou) boar (usually used for breeding purposes)


泥水佬

/nɐi̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

/nɐi̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) bricklayer; tiler; plasterer


水油

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ ʒiu⁵⁵/

/t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ ʒiu⁵⁵/

/t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Pinghua, Teochew) kerosene; paraffin


四眼婆

/sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/sei̯³³ ŋaːn¹³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/


鳥竇

/ti̯au̯²⁴⁻¹¹ teu̯⁵⁵/

/ti̯au̯²⁴⁻¹¹ teu̯⁵⁵/


手瓜

/sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/


日頭雨

/ŋit̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ i³¹/

/d͡zik̚⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hou³⁵/

/ni³⁵ di̯ɤ¹³⁻³³ y⁴²⁻¹/

/ni³⁵ di̯ɤ³ y⁴²⁻¹/

/ŋit̚² tʰeu̯¹¹ i³¹/

/d͡zik̚⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hou³⁵/

/ni³⁵ di̯ɤ¹³⁻³³ y⁴²⁻¹/

/ni³⁵ di̯ɤ³ y⁴²⁻¹/

(Hakka, Northern Min, Pinghua, Teochew, Xiang) sun shower


癲狗

/tiːn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

/tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ keu³¹/

/tiːn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

/tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ keu³¹/

(Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua, Haifeng Min, Guangxi Min, Zhongshan Min, Guangxi Mandarin) mad dog (Classifier: 隻／只 c)


伯爺

→ Hawaiian: Pākē

/paːk̚³ jɛː²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/paːk̚³ jɛː²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/paːk̚³ jɛː²¹/

/paːk̚³ jɛː²¹/

(Pinghua) brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)


寡母婆

/kʷaː³⁵ mou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/kʷaː³⁵ mou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) widow


崽女

/t͡sai²¹³⁻²⁴ n̠ʲy²¹³/

/t͡sai̯⁴¹ n̠ʲy⁴¹/

/t͡sai²¹³⁻²⁴ n̠ʲy²¹³/

/t͡sai̯⁴¹ n̠ʲy⁴¹/

(Guangxi Mandarin, Gan, Pinghua, Xiang) sons and daughters; children


腳板底

/kœːk̚³ paːn³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕyəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ pæ̃⁵³⁻¹¹ ti⁵³/

/kœːk̚³ paːn³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕyəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ pæ̃⁵³⁻¹¹ ti⁵³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Wu) sole of the foot


腳眼

/kœːk̚³ ŋaːn¹³/

/kœːk̚³ ŋaːn¹³/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) ankle


蠶蟲

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

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


棕索

/t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɔk̚¹/

/t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴ sɔ²⁴/

/t͡søyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nɔʔ²⁴/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ soʔ³²/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤʔ³²/

/t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɔk̚¹/

/t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴ sɔ²⁴/

/t͡søyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nɔʔ²⁴/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ soʔ³²/

/t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤʔ³²/

(Hakka, Huizhou, Min, Pinghua) palm rope


花樽

/faː⁵⁵ t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

/fa³³ tun²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/hue³³⁻²³ t͡suŋ³³/

/faː⁵⁵ t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

/fa³³ tun²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/hue³³⁻²³ t͡suŋ³³/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Teochew) vase (Classifier: 個／个 c)


細崽

/ˈɕi³⁵ t͡sai²¹³/

/se⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡saɪ³¹/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

/ˈɕi³⁵ t͡sai²¹³/

/se⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡saɪ³¹/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sai̯⁴¹/


頭年

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ niːn²¹/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ niːn²¹/


天狗吃月

/tʰiɛn⁵⁵ kəu⁵³ t͡sʰz̩²¹ ye²¹/

/ˈtʰiɛn⁴² kiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ n̠ʲɵt̚⁵/

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁵⁵ kəu⁵³ t͡sʰz̩²¹ ye²¹/

/ˈtʰiɛn⁴² kiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ n̠ʲɵt̚⁵/

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Huizhou, Pinghua, Jinhua Wu, Xiang) lunar eclipse


後老子

/xəu⁴⁵ lau⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/

/xəu⁴⁵ lau⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/

(Lanzhou Mandarin, Jin, Pinghua) stepfather


黑眼鏡

/xəʔ² nie⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁵/

/xəʔ² nie⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁵/


洋碼字

/i̯æn¹³ ma̠⁴¹ t͡si²¹⁻¹¹/

/i̯æn¹³ ma̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹/

/i̯æn¹³ ma̠⁴¹ t͡si²¹⁻¹¹/

/i̯æn¹³ ma̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹/

(Lichuan Gan, Pinghua, Xiang, arithmetic) Arabic numeral


抹檯布

/maːt̚³ tʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵ pou̯³³/

/muːt̚³ tʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵ pou̯³³/

/maːt̚³ tʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵ pou̯³³/

/muːt̚³ tʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵ pou̯³³/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Huizhou, Jiangsu Wu) rag; wiping cloth; cleaning cloth (especially for wiping tables)


掘頭巷

/kʷɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ hɔːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

/kut̚³² heu²² hɔŋ³²⁻³²⁵/

/kʷɐt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ hɔːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

/kut̚³² heu²² hɔŋ³²⁻³²⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua) dead end; blind alley (Classifier: 條／条 c)


眼淚水

/ŋaːn¹³ lɵy̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/ŋan⁴¹ li²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/ŋan³³ ly³³ ɕy³³/

/ŋaːn¹³ lɵy̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/ŋan⁴¹ li²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/ŋan³³ ly³³ ɕy³³/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Huizhou, Pinghua, Wu, Xiang) tears


息仔

(dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Pinghua) great-grandson (in a male lineage)

† - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term


外母娘

/vɛ⁴⁴ mou²⁴ niɑŋ²⁴/

/vɛ⁴⁴ mou²⁴ niɑŋ²⁴/

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Dungan, dialectal Jin, Pinghua) wife's mother; mother-in-law


雷公響

/lu̯i¹¹ kuŋ²⁴ hi̯oŋ³¹/

/luɪ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiɔŋ³¹/

/so³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴ xiɔŋ²¹/

/l̃ai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵ hyoŋ³³/

/lui²¹ køŋ⁵³ hiɐŋ³³/

/lu̯i¹¹ kuŋ²⁴ hi̯oŋ³¹/

/luɪ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiɔŋ³¹/

/so³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴ xiɔŋ²¹/

/l̃ai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵ hyoŋ³³/

/lui²¹ køŋ⁵³ hiɐŋ³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Eastern Min, Northern Min, Pinghua) to rumble with thunder; to thunder


大崽

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Gan, Pinghua, Xiang) eldest son


淋肥

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Dongguan Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min) to apply fertilizer


八字鬚

/pat̚¹ sz̩⁵³ ɕi⁴⁴/

/pat̚¹ sz̩⁵³ ɕi⁴⁴/

(Pingxiang Gan, Hakka, Pinghua, Wu) hanging moustache; moustache shaped like the character 八 (bā, “eight”)


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


膝頭蓋

/sɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːi̯³³/

/sɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːi̯³³/

(Cantonese, Yudu Hakka, Pinghua, anatomy) kneecap; patella


跳班

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/

/tʰieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βaŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/

/tʰieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βaŋ⁵⁵/

(Leizhou Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua, Loudi Xiang, of a student) to skip a year; to skip a grade


鴨嘴梨

ab³ zêu² léi⁴⁻²

/aːp̚³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/aːp̚³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/


信肉

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²/

/ɕin⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiʊk̚¹/

/seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nek̚⁴/

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²/

/ɕin⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiʊk̚¹/

/seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nek̚⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Pinghua, Southern Wu) written letter in an envelope


動棋

/tɔŋ⁴² ki²¹/

/tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

/tən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

/tɔŋ⁴² ki²¹/

/tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

/tən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Yudu Hakka, Northern Min, Pinghua, Xiang) to play chess


手鐐

/sɐu̯³⁵ liːu̯²¹/

/sɐu̯³⁵ liːu̯²¹/

(Cantonese, Lichuan Gan, Hakka, Zhongshan Min, Pinghua) handcuffs


煲藥

/pou̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/

/pu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/

/pou̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/

/pu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

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


三角麥

/saːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ mɐk̚²/

/saːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ mɐk̚²/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Northern Min, Wenzhounese) buckwheat


腳肚

/kœːk̚³ tʰou̯¹³/

/kœːk̚³ tʰou̯¹³/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin, dialectal Hakka) calf of the leg


送飯

/sʊŋ³³ faːn²²/

/ɬɵŋ³³ fan³²/

/sʊŋ³³ faːn²²/

/ɬɵŋ³³ fan³²/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) to have savoury dishes with one's rice (or other staple food)


灶爺

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


幾大

/kei̯³⁵ taːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/kei̯³⁵ taːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

It's not everyday that we get to come to Canada. We've got to see the Falls no matter what.

gam³ naan⁴ dak¹ lai⁴ dou³ gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶, gei² daai⁶⁻² dou¹ jiu³ tai² haa⁵ buk⁶ bou³ ge³.

咁難得嚟到加拿大，幾大都要睇下瀑布嘅。

咁难得嚟到加拿大，几大都要睇下瀑布嘅。

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) no matter what


斑魚

/pan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩¹¹/

/põĩ³³⁻²³ hɯ⁵⁵/

/pan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩¹¹/

/põĩ³³⁻²³ hɯ⁵⁵/

(dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Teochew, Liuzhou Mandarin) northern snakehead (Channa argus)


細女

/sɐi̯³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

/sɐi̯³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Huizhou) youngest daughter


裁縫佬

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ fʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ fʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin) (male) tailor


踎墩

/mɐu̯⁵⁵ tɐn⁵⁵/

/mɐu̯⁵⁵ tɐn⁵⁵/


韭菜黃

/ku⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/

/ku⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pinghua, Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhongshan Min) hotbed chives; yellow chives


禾花雀

wo⁴ fa¹ zêg³⁻²

/wɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/wɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/

/vᵘɔ²² fa³³ tiak̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/wɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/wɔː²¹ faː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/

/vᵘɔ²² fa³³ tiak̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/

yellow-breasted bunting
yellow-breasted bunting

Emberiza aureola
Emberiza aureola#Translingual

(Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Pinghua) yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)


狗毛蟲

/kɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

/kau⁴²⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/

/kɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

/kau⁴²⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ tʰaŋ²⁴/

(Cantonese, Pinghua, Pingxiang Gan, Singapore Hokkien) caterpillar


跳皮

/tʰiːu̯³³ pʰei̯²¹/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ pʰi¹³/

/tʰiːu̯³³ pʰei̯²¹/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ pʰi¹³/

(Liuzhou and Guilin Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Bangkok Teochew, Xiang) naughty; mischievous


死佬

2016 November 15, 杜法祖, “網民讚「淡定 Sir」抄牌唔怕鬧”, in 文匯報 [Wen Wei Po], page A6:

jau⁵ jan⁴ zyun² ji⁴ zam¹ deoi³ ging² jyun⁴ kwong⁴ maa⁶: “caau¹ nei⁵ zau⁶ faai³ faai³ ceoi³ ceoi³...... se² go³ gei² go³ zi⁶ se² bun³ go³ zung¹! caau¹ paai⁴ m⁴ sik¹ caau¹ aa⁴? jiu³ ngo⁵ gaau³ nei⁵ caau¹ aa⁴? nei⁵ dou¹ ci¹ sin³! sik⁶ si² laa¹...... sei² lou²!”

有人轉而針對警員狂罵：「抄你就快快脆脆……寫個幾個字寫半個鐘！抄牌唔識抄呀？要我教你抄呀？你都黐線！食屎啦……死佬！」

有人转而针对警员狂骂：「抄你就快快脆脆……写个几个字写半个钟！抄牌唔识抄呀？要我教你抄呀？你都黐线！食屎啦……死佬！」

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, derogatory) jerk; bastard (insult for a man) (Classifier: 個／个 c)


天狗吃日

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄡˇ ㄔ ㄖˋ

тяньгоу чижи

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/tʰiẽ³¹ kəɯ¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩ʔ⁵⁻³ ʐ̩ʔ⁵/

/tʰin³³ kɐu²¹ hɐt̚²⁴ jɐt̚⁵⁵/

/tʰin⁵³ kəu³³ hɪk̚³³ ɲət̚²⁴/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/tʰiẽ³¹ kəɯ¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩ʔ⁵⁻³ ʐ̩ʔ⁵/

/tʰin³³ kɐu²¹ hɐt̚²⁴ jɐt̚⁵⁵/

/tʰin⁵³ kəu³³ hɪk̚³³ ɲət̚²⁴/

(Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Huizhou, Pinghua, Jinhua Wu, Quanzhou Xiang, colloquial) solar eclipse


吱喳蟲

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

(Guiliu Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pingshan Southern Min, Pinghua, Yongquan Xiang) cicada

Guiliu Mandarin; Yongquan Xiang; Guiliu Mandarin; Yongquan Xiang


豬濕

/t͡ʃi³³ ʃɐp̚²⁴/

/t͡sy⁵³ səp̚³³/

/t͡ʃi³³ ʃɐp̚²⁴/

/t͡sy⁵³ səp̚³³/

(dialectal Cantonese, Pinghua) pork liver