額殼

/ŋɤ̞²⁴ kʰo²⁴/

/ŋɤ̞²⁴ kʰo²⁴/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, anatomy) forehead


蛤蟆子

/kɤ̞¹³ ma̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/kɤ̞¹³ ma̠³ t͡sz̩³/


牛牯子

/n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ku⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ku⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


小指拇

/si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) little finger


豺狗子

/t͡sai̯¹³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sai̯¹³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


細指腦

/si⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/si⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/


細指拇

/si⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/si⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/


虼蚤子

/kɤ̞²⁴ t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/kɤ̞²⁴ t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


雞腳爪子

/t͡ɕi³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


氣門子

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ mən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ mən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


蛤蟆嫩子

/kɤ̞¹³ ma̠¹³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/kɤ̞¹³ ma̠³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ka̠¹³ ma̠¹³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ka̠¹³ ma̠³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/kɤ̞¹³ ma̠¹³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/kɤ̞¹³ ma̠³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ka̠¹³ ma̠¹³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ka̠¹³ ma̠³ lən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


開發子

/kʰai̯³³ ɸa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/kʰai̯³³ ɸa̠³ t͡sz̩³/


柴魚

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ jyː²¹/

/t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ hi²³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ jyː²¹/

/t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ hi²³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ hu²⁴/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Xiang) northern snakehead (Channa argus)


小指腦

/si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/


鯉滑子

/li⁴¹ u̯a̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/li⁴¹ u̯a̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


荸薺子

/pu¹³ t͡ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/pu¹³ t͡ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Chinese water chestnut
Chinese water chestnut

Eleocharis dulcis
Eleocharis dulcis#Translingual

(Xiang) Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)


麻雀子

/ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ² t͡sz̩¹/

/ma¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰyɒʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡si⁴⁵³/

/ma¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰyøʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡si³³²/

/ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ zi⁴¹/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ d͡zi⁵³/

/ma̠¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ma̠¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mä¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯o²² t͡sz̩³/

/ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ² t͡sz̩¹/

/ma¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰyɒʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡si⁴⁵³/

/ma¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰyøʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡si³³²/

/ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ zi⁴¹/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ d͡zi⁵³/

/ma̠¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ma̠¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mä¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯o²² t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Wu, Waxiang, Xiang) sparrow (any member of the Passer genus)


雞毛帚子

/t͡ɕi³³ mɒu̯¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi³³ mɒu̯¹³ t͡səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi³³ mɒu̯¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi³³ mɒu̯¹³ t͡səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


紅花姑娘

/xʊŋ¹³ ɸa̠³³ ku³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/xən¹³ ɸa̠³³ ku³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/xʊŋ¹³ ɸa̠³³ ku³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/xən¹³ ɸa̠³³ ku³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/


伢妹子

/ŋa̠¹³ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋa̠¹³ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) child; kid (person who has not yet reached adulthood)


耳子鍋

/ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ko³³/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ko³³/

(Xiang) small iron cooking pot with ears


耳巴

/ɤ̞⁴¹ pa̠³³/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ pa̠³³/


二四子

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) large-size pebble (mixed with cement and poured into the foundation of a building)


耳巴子

/ɤ̞⁴¹ pa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ə³³ pä⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ pa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ə³³ pä⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Xuzhou Mandarin, Xiang) box on the ears


二世娭毑

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁴⁵ ŋai̯³³ t͡si̯e̞³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵ ŋai̯³³ t͡ɕi̯e̞³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁴⁵ ŋai̯³³ t͡si̯e̞³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵ ŋai̯³³ t͡ɕi̯e̞³/

(Xiang) confused person; bewildered person


二排

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ pai̯¹³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ pai̯¹³/

(Xiang) noodles cooked neither hard nor soft (as a request to restaurants)


伢細子

/ŋa̠¹³ si⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋa̠¹³ ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋa̠¹³ si⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋa̠¹³ ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


二道茶

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ tɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sa̠¹³/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ tɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sa̠¹³/

(Xiang) second harvest of tea leaves of the year


二爹

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ ti̯a̠³³/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ ti̯a̠³³/

(Xiang, derogatory) old village man (term of address)


二月子

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) second month of the Chinese lunar calendar


二月間子

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/


關門瞌睡

/ku̯an³³ mən¹³ kʰo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/ku̯an³³ mən¹³ kʰo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

(Xiang) habit of dozing off after eating dinner


關亮

/ku̯an³³ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/ku̯an³³ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to turn off a light (used for electric light)


黑燈

/xɤ̞²⁴ tən³³/

/xɤ̞²⁴ tən³³/


黑眼珠子

/xəʔ² ie⁵³ t͡su¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/xɤ̞²⁴ ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

/xəʔ² ie⁵³ t͡su¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/xɤ̞²⁴ ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Jin, Xiang) black part of the eye; pupil and iris


黑亮

/xɤ̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/xɤ̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/


叫莫

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ mo³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ mo³/


黑汗

/xɤ̞²⁴ xan²¹⁻¹¹/

/xɤ̞²⁴ xan²¹⁻¹¹/


光腦殼

/ku̯an³³ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

/ku̯an⁴⁴⁵ nɑʊ̯³³ kʰo²²/

/ku̯an³³ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

/ku̯an⁴⁴⁵ nɑʊ̯³³ kʰo²²/


搖腦殼

/i̯ɒu̯¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo³/

/i̯ɒu̯¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo³/

(Xiang) to shake one's head (to signal disagreement)


光蒂油

/ku̯an³³ ti⁴⁵ i̯əu̯¹³/

/ku̯an³³ ti⁴⁵ i̯əu̯¹³/

(Xiang, childish) bald head; shaven head


表面子

/pi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/pi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) surface; face; external appearance


光蒂腦麼旋

/ku̯an³³ ti⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ mo³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ³/

/ku̯an³³ ti⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ mo³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ³/


草索子

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ so¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ so¹³ t͡sz̩³/


草狗子

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


草繩子

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


草帽子

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


幺它

/i̯ɒu̯³³ to¹³/

/i̯ɒu̯³³ to¹³/

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


搖窩

/i̯ɒu̯¹³ o³³/

/i̯ɒu̯¹³ o³³/


徒弟伢子

/təu̯¹³ ti⁴⁵ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/təu̯¹³ ti⁴⁵ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/


壽枋

/ʂəu̯⁴⁵ ɸan³³/

/ʂəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɸan³³/

/səu̯⁴⁵ ɸan³³/

/səu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɸan³³/

/ʂəu̯⁴⁵ ɸan³³/

/ʂəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɸan³³/

/səu̯⁴⁵ ɸan³³/

/səu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɸan³³/


高蒂跟

/kɒu̯³³ ti⁴⁵ kən³³/

/kɒu̯³³ ti⁴⁵ kən³³/


叔外婆

/ʂəu̯²⁴ u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

/səu̯²⁴ u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

/ʂəu̯²⁴ u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

/səu̯²⁴ u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather#English

(Xiang) great-aunt (wife of maternal grandfather's younger brother)


叫珠子

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)


熟人子

/ʂəu̯²⁴ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯²⁴ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂəu̯²⁴ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯²⁴ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) acquaintance (person with whom one is acquainted)


抽蕻子

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ xʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ xən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ xʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ xən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) to bolt (of garlic, chives, rape, etc.)


孝棍

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

(Jinhua Wu, Xiang) staff in former times used by the son of the deceased in a funeral procession to show filial piety


兜底

/toʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/toʊ̯⁵⁵ tiə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/toʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/toʊ̯⁵⁵ tiə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(Xiang, usually negative) at all; simply; absolutely


叔娭毑

/ʂəu̯²⁴ ŋai̯³³ t͡si̯e̞³/

/səu̯²⁴ ŋai̯³³ t͡ɕi̯e̞³/

/ʂəu̯²⁴ ŋai̯³³ t͡si̯e̞³/

/səu̯²⁴ ŋai̯³³ t͡ɕi̯e̞³/

paternal grandfather
paternal grandfather#English

(Xiang) great-aunt (wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother)


豆殼子

/təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


手板心

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹ sin³³/

/səu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹ ɕin³³/

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹ sin³³/

/səu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹ ɕin³³/

(Xiang, figuratively) influence; sphere of control


初頭子

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ təu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ təu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/


搊屎

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ sz̩⁴¹/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ sz̩⁴¹/

(Xiang) to help with defecating (of a child, invalid, etc.); to hold a baby while it defecates


𡎺冤枉

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ y̯ẽ³³ u̯an⁴¹/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ y̯ẽ³³ u̯an⁴¹/

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ y̯ẽ³³ u̯an⁴¹/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ y̯ẽ³³ u̯an⁴¹/


搊尿

/t͡sʰəu⁵⁵ nʲiau²¹³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ n̠ʲi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡sʰəu⁵⁵ nʲiau²¹³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ n̠ʲi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

(Sichuanese, Xiang) to help with urinating (of a child, invalid, etc.); to hold a baby while it urinates


慈姑子

/d͡zz̩¹³ ku⁴²⁻¹ t͡sz̩³/

/d͡zz̩¹³ ku⁴²⁻¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)


二老倌

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

(Xiang, derogatory) country bumpkin; bogan; yokel


𡎺子

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


抽空子

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ kʰən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ kʰən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) to find time (to do something); to take time


藠頭骨

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯¹³ ku³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯¹³ ku³/

Allium chinense
Allium chinense#Translingual


臭氣子

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


土地老倌

/tʰəu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/tʰəu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

(Xiang, religion) Tudigong (a male deity of the soil and the ground in Chinese folk religion)


竹葉子

/t͡su²¹ iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡su²¹ iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡suəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡səu̯²⁴ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


禿腦殼

/tʰəu̯²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

/tʰəu̯²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/


草寶

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/


窯班

/i̯ɒu̯¹³ pan³³/

/i̯ɒu̯¹³ pan³³/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Xiang) brothel; whorehouse


黑板刷子

/xɤ̞²⁴ pan⁴¹ ɕy̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/xɤ̞²⁴ pan⁴¹ ɕy̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) blackboard eraser


耳子

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/ɚ⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/ɵ²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/ɚ⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/ɵ²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) wood ear; tree ear; black fungus (Auricularia heimuer)


釣魚鉤子

/ti̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ y¹³ kəu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ y¹³ kəu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


藠子

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Hakka, Xiang) Chinese onion (Allium chinense)


掉它

/ti̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³/

/ti̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³/


二姐

/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ t͡si̯e̞⁴¹/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯e̞⁴¹/

/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ t͡si̯e̞⁴¹/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯e̞⁴¹/

(Xiang, derogatory) young village woman (term of address)


狗公子

/kəu̯⁴¹ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/kəu̯⁴¹ kən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/kɘu̯³³ kɤŋ⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/kəu̯⁴¹ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/kəu̯⁴¹ kən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/kɘu̯³³ kɤŋ⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


草氣

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/


挑手邊

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʂəu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ səu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʂəu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ səu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

(dialectal Cantonese, Shenzhen Hakka, Xiang) The Chinese character component 扌.


小衣

/si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ i³³/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ i³³/

/si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ i³³/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ i³³/

(Guiyang Mandarin, Xiang) trousers; pants; shorts


親家娘

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/


親家爺

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ i̯a̠¹³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ i̯a̠¹³/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ i̯a̠¹³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ i̯a̠¹³/


二指拇

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/


親家爹爹

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ ti̯e̞³³ ti̯e̞³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ ti̯e̞³³ ti̯e̞³/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ ti̯e̞³³ ti̯e̞³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ka̠³³ ti̯e̞³³ ti̯e̞³/


寶氣

/pɒu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/pɒu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/


浸水眼

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/


潮氣

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɒu̯¹³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰɒu̯¹³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɒu̯¹³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰɒu̯¹³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/


興頭子

/ɕin⁴⁵ təu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕin⁴⁵ təu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) enthusiasm; zest; zeal; keen interest


墨耳子

/mɤ̞²⁴ ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/mɤ̞²⁴ ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) wood ear; tree ear; black fungus (Auricularia nigricans ⇐ Auricularia polytricha)


行角

/ɕin¹³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

/ɕin¹³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

(Xiang) competent person; capable person


行角子

/ɕin¹³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕin¹³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


行蠻

(Xiang) to use force (to fight, start a war, etc.)


近𥉻子

/t͡ɕin²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang, pathology) myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness


頸圈

/t͡ɕin⁴¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ³³/

/t͡ɕin⁴¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ³³/

(Xiang) neckband (band worn around the neck as an ornament or protective device); necklet


印石油

/in⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³/

/in⁴⁵ sz̩²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³/

/in⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³/

/in⁴⁵ sz̩²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³/

(Xiang) a type of red ink paste used to create seals; Chinese vermilion seal paste


陰天子

/in³³ tʰi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/in³³ tʰi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/


草袋子

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


溫熱子水

/u̯ən³³ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/u̯ən³³ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/


鏡片子

/t͡ɕin⁴⁵ pʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin⁴⁵ pʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


睏不著

/kʰun²¹³⁻²¹ pɨt̚¹ t͡sʰɔʔ²/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ pu³ ʈ͡ʂo²⁴/

/kʰun²¹³⁻²¹ pɨt̚¹ t͡sʰɔʔ²/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ pu³ ʈ͡ʂo²⁴/


溫溫子水

/u̯ən³³ u̯ən³³ t͡sz̩³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/u̯ən³³ u̯ən³³ t͡sz̩³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/


蠢話子

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


輕飄

/t͡ɕʰin³³ pʰi̯ɒu̯³³/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ pʰi̯ɒu̯³³/


二指腦

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/


太親翁

/tʰai̯⁴⁵ t͡sʰin³³ ŋʊŋ³³/

/tʰai̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰin³³ ŋən³³/

/tʰai̯⁴⁵ t͡sʰin³³ ŋʊŋ³³/

/tʰai̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰin³³ ŋən³³/


抽胡說

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ ɸu¹³ ɕy̯e̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ ɸu¹³ ɕy̯e̞²⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯³³ ɸu¹³ ɕy̯e̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰəu̯³³ ɸu¹³ ɕy̯e̞²⁴/


構凌

/kəu̯⁴⁵ lin²¹⁻¹¹/

/kəu̯⁴⁵ lin²¹⁻¹¹/


浸老倌

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/


壽它子

/ʂəu̯⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂəu̯⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/


陰卦

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) bad result in divination using moon blocks (showing two blocks round)


癩頭蛤蟆

/lai̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯¹³ ka̠¹³ ma̠³³/

/lai̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯¹³ ka̠¹³ ma̠³³/


因為得

/in³³ u̯e̞i̯¹³ tɤ̞²⁴/

/in³³ u̯e̞i̯¹³ tɤ̞²⁴/


影子戲

/in⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ɕi⁴⁵/

/in⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ɕi⁴⁵/

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


打瞌睏

/ta²¹³⁻¹³ kʰɵt̚⁵ kun²/

/ta̠⁴¹ kʰo²⁴ kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

/ta²¹³⁻¹³ kʰɵt̚⁵ kun²/

/ta̠⁴¹ kʰo²⁴ kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

(Nantong Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) to doze off; to nod off; to take a nap


促瞌睏

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

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


因得

/in⁵⁵ təʔ²¹/

/in³³ tɤ̞²⁴/

/in⁵⁵ təʔ²¹/

/in³³ tɤ̞²⁴/

Because during the cultural revolution, he had raided the houses of a few intellectuals, even now he gets embarrassed seeing them.

¹in-teq ⁶ven-ho ⁶da-keq-min-gheq ⁶zen-kuaon ⁶yi ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁷oq-li ¹tshau-ku ¹ka ⁵tau ⁶ne ¹khoe-ci ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁶ghe ⁶ne-we-zhin

因得文化大革命個辰光，伊知識分子屋裡抄過家，到乃看見知識分子還難為情。

因得文化大革命个辰光，伊知识分子屋里抄过家，到乃看见知识分子还难为情。

(Xiang, dated in Shanghainese) because; since; as


狗婆子

/kəu̯⁴¹ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/kɘu̯³³ b̥o¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/kəu̯⁴¹ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/kɘu̯³³ b̥o¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


囟門子

/ɕiŋ⁴⁵ məŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/ɕin⁴⁵ mən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕiŋ⁴⁵ məŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/ɕin⁴⁵ mən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Xiang) fontanelle


青春美麗它

/t͡sʰin³³ t͡ɕʰyn³³ me̞i̯⁴¹ li⁴⁵ to¹³/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ t͡ɕʰyn³³ me̞i̯⁴¹ li⁴⁵ to¹³/

/t͡sʰin³³ t͡ɕʰyn³³ me̞i̯⁴¹ li⁴⁵ to¹³/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ t͡ɕʰyn³³ me̞i̯⁴¹ li⁴⁵ to¹³/


騷牯子

/sɒu̯³³ ku⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/sɒu̯³³ ku⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


滾盤

/ku̯ən⁴¹ põ¹³/

/ku̯ən⁴¹ põ¹³/


騷它子

/sɒu̯³³ to¹³ t͡ɕi³/

/sɒu̯³³ to¹³ t͡ɕi³/


姑爺子

/ku³³ i̯e̞¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ku³³ i̯e̞¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) uncle (husband of one's father's sister)


摳鬼

/kʰəu̯²⁴ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/kʰəu̯²⁴ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/


手指拇

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/


叫驢子

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ li¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ li¹³ t͡sz̩³/


睏午覺

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ u⁴¹ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ u⁴¹ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

(Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch


睏懶覺

/kʰuən⁴⁴ le²² kɔ⁴⁴/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ l̃an⁴¹ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰuən⁴⁴ le²² kɔ⁴⁴/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ l̃an⁴¹ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

(Huizhou, Hangzhounese, Xiang) to sleep in


蠢氣

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/


騷子子

/sau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/sɒu̯³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹ t͡ɕi³/

/sau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/sɒu̯³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹ t͡ɕi³/


手指腦

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi̯u³³ t͡sz̩³³ nɑʊ̯³³/

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi̯u³³ t͡sz̩³³ nɑʊ̯³³/

(Pingxiang Gan, Shicheng Hakka, Xiang) finger


睏中覺

/kʰun²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰuŋ⁴² kau³⁵/

/kʰoŋ³³ t͡soŋ⁵⁵ kɔ²¹/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ t͡sən³³ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰun²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰuŋ⁴² kau³⁵/

/kʰoŋ³³ t͡soŋ⁵⁵ kɔ²¹/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ t͡sən³³ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

(Gan, Wu, Xiang) to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch


信講

(Xiang) to hear it said that; to hear tell


寶耕

/pɒu̯⁴¹ kən³³/

/pɒu̯⁴¹ kən³³/

(Xiang, respectful) cattle; cow (of someone else)


今年子

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Xiang) this year


鷹婆

/im³⁵⁻³³ pɔ²²/

/im³⁵⁻³³ pɔ²²/

(Liancheng Hakka, Leizhou Min, Xiang) eagle


促瞌睡

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/t͡sʰəu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/


蠢寶

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/


滾水子

/ku̯ən⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ku̯ən⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


蠢人子

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰyn⁴¹ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


臭溜子

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴⁵ li̯əu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯⁴⁵ li̯əu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴⁵ li̯əu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯⁴⁵ li̯əu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


曲蟮子

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯²⁴ ʂən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯²⁴ sən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯²⁴ ʂən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəu̯²⁴ sən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


手欛子

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ pa̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯⁴¹ pa̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ pa̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯⁴¹ pa̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


叫雞公

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³ kʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³ kən³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³ kʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi³³ kən³³/


金鉤

/t͡ɕin³³ kəu̯³³/

/t͡ɕin³³ kəu̯³³/


躺底

/tʰaŋ⁵³ ti⁵³/

/tʰaŋ⁵³ ti⁵³/


山腳下

(Xiang) foot of a mountain or hill; foothill


紡紗婆

/ɸan⁴¹ sa̠³³ po¹³/

/ɸan⁴¹ sa̠³³ po¹³/


南柯子

(Xiang, euphemistic) dream (Classifier: 隻／只 x)


懶人子

/l̃an⁴¹ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/l̃an⁴¹ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


糖粒子

(Xiang) sweets; candy; lollies; confectionery


苕它

/ʂɒu̯¹³ to¹³/

/sɒu̯¹³ to¹³/

/ʂɒu̯¹³ to¹³/

/sɒu̯¹³ to¹³/


妹夫子

/me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɸu³³ t͡sz̩³/

/me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɸu³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Jin, Xiang) brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)


蛋殼子

/tan²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/tan²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


蠶子屎

/t͡san¹³ t͡sz̩³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/t͡san¹³ t͡sz̩³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/


翻嘴

/ɸan³³ t͡se̞i̯⁴¹/

/ɸan³³ t͡se̞i̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) to answer back (to one's parents or superiors); to talk back


散學

/sän⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/saːn³³ hɔːk̚²/

/suã²¹⁻⁵³ oʔ¹²¹/

/suã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ oʔ²⁴/

/suã²¹⁻⁵³ oʔ⁴/

/suã²¹⁻⁴¹ ɤʔ⁴/

/suã¹¹⁻⁵³ oʔ⁴/

/sän⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/saːn³³ hɔːk̚²/

/suã²¹⁻⁵³ oʔ¹²¹/

/suã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ oʔ²⁴/

/suã²¹⁻⁵³ oʔ⁴/

/suã²¹⁻⁴¹ ɤʔ⁴/

/suã¹¹⁻⁵³ oʔ⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Hokkien, Xiang) to finish school for the day


散票子

/san⁴¹ pʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/san⁴¹ pʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) loose change; banknotes of small value or coins


桑葉樹

/saŋ⁵⁵ iɛ²¹ su²¹³/

/san³³ i̯e̞²⁴ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

/saŋ⁵⁵ iɛ²¹ su²¹³/

/san³³ i̯e̞²⁴ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

(Sichuanese, Huizhou, Jinhua Wu, Xiang) mulberry tree


饞隔子

(Xiang) bib (item of clothing for babies)


金橘子

/ˈt͡ɕin⁴² t͡ɕyt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕin³³ t͡ɕy²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ˈt͡ɕin⁴² t͡ɕyt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕin³³ t͡ɕy²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


眼眶子

/ie⁵³ kʰuɒ̃⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/

/ie⁵³ kʰuɒ̃⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/


眼眨毛

/jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/niæ̃⁵¹ t͡sa²⁴ mɔ²⁴/

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡sa̠²⁴ mɒu̯¹³/

/jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/niæ̃⁵¹ t͡sa²⁴ mɔ²⁴/

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡sa̠²⁴ mɒu̯¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Jin, dialectal Wu, Xiang) eyelash


落氣

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰui⁴¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/

/lau¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰui¹¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰui²¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰui⁴¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/

/lau¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰui¹¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰui²¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

/lo²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/lo²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

(Xiang) to stop breathing; to breathe one's last breath; to die


泥匠

/ni⁴⁵ t͡ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/

/n̠ʲi¹³ t͡si̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/n̠ʲi¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/ni⁴⁵ t͡ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/

/n̠ʲi¹³ t͡si̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/n̠ʲi¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

(Jin, Xiang) bricklayer; tiler; plasterer


窗簾子

/ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ²⁴ liæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴² liɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹ lie¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³ li̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰuɑŋ²⁴ liæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴² liɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹ lie¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³ li̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Jin, Xiang) window curtain


丈人婆

/t͡sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹/

/t͡sʰoŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹ pʰo¹¹/

/ʈ͡ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ po¹³/

/t͡san²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ po¹³/

/t͡sœːŋ²² jɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹/

/t͡sʰoŋ²⁴ ŋin¹¹ pʰo¹¹/

/ʈ͡ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ po¹³/

/t͡san²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ po¹³/

(Guangzhou Cantonese and Dongguan Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Xiang) mother-in-law (wife's mother)


燈罩子

/tən⁵⁵ t͡sau²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/tən³³ t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/tən⁵⁵ t͡sau²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/tən³³ t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Sichuanese, Gan, Xiang) lampshade (cover over a lamp)


末名

/ˈmɵt̚⁵ miaŋ³⁵/

/ˈmɵt̚⁵ miaŋ³⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Danyang Wu, Xiang) last place


落水鬼

/lo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/lo²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) drowning ghost; ghost of someone who drowned


落屍鬼

/lo²⁴ ʂʐ̩³³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/lo²⁴ sz̩³³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/lo²⁴ ʂʐ̩³³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/lo²⁴ sz̩³³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/


跌氣

/ti̯e̞²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/ti̯e̞²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/


拓藍紙

/tʰo²⁴ l̃an¹³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/tʰo²⁴ l̃an¹³ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

/tʰo²⁴ l̃an¹³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/tʰo²⁴ l̃an¹³ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) carbon paper


現票子

/ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ pʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ pʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) cash (money in the form of notes and coins)


莫客氣

/mai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰeʔ²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹³/

/mo²⁴ kʰɤ̞²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/mai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰeʔ²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹³/

/mo²⁴ kʰɤ̞²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

(Teochew, Xiang) don't mention it; not at all; you're welcome


坐人家

/t͡so²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ ka̠³/

/t͡so²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ ka̠³/

(Xiang) to pay a visit to someone's home; to drop in


作算

/t͡so²⁴ sõ⁴⁵/

/t͡so²⁴ sõ⁴⁵/


紅轎子

/xʊŋ¹³ t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/xən¹³ t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/xʊŋ¹³ t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/xən¹³ t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) bridal sedan chair (in traditional Chinese weddings)


空頂

/kʰʊŋ³³ tin⁴¹/

/kʰʊŋ³³ tin⁴¹/


懂味

/tʊŋ⁴¹ u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/tən⁴¹ u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/tʊŋ⁴¹ u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/tən⁴¹ u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to know how to behave in a delicate situation; to be sensible; to be tactful


共娘隔爺

/kʊŋ⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ i̯a̠¹³/

/kən⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ i̯a̠¹³/

/kʊŋ⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ i̯a̠¹³/

/kən⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ i̯a̠¹³/

(Xiang) born of the same mother but a different father


通大海

/tʰʊŋ³³ ta̠⁴⁵ xai̯⁴¹/

/tʰən³³ ta̠⁴⁵ xai̯⁴¹/

/tʰʊŋ³³ ta̠⁴⁵ xai̯⁴¹/

/tʰən³³ ta̠⁴⁵ xai̯⁴¹/

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(Xiang) Scaphium affine (syn. Sterculia lychnophora) (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce "heat", to treat dry and hard stools, conjunctivitis, sore throat, and nose-bleed)


銅角子

/tʊŋ¹³ ko²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/tʊŋ¹³ ko²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


公茅廁

/kʊŋ³³ mɒu̯¹³ si³/

/kən³³ mɒu̯¹³ ɕi³/

/kʊŋ³³ mɒu̯¹³ si³/

/kən³³ mɒu̯¹³ ɕi³/


孔方錢

/kʰʊŋ⁴¹ ɸan³³ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/

/kʰən⁴¹ ɸan³³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

/kʰʊŋ⁴¹ ɸan³³ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/

/kʰən⁴¹ ɸan³³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

(Xiang) an ancient coin with a square hole in the centre; copper cash; coin


冬月間子

/tʊŋ³³ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tən³³ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʊŋ³³ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tən³³ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/


冬月子

/tʊŋ³³ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/tən³³ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/tʊŋ³³ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/tən³³ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


銅毫子

/tʊŋ¹³ xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/tən¹³ xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʊŋ¹³ xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/tən¹³ xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/


𩑦沕子

/ŋʊŋ²⁴ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋʊŋ⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋən²⁴ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋən⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋʊŋ²⁴ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋʊŋ⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋən²⁴ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋən⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


黃蜂子

/u̯an¹³ xʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯an¹³ xʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/


禍息

/xo²¹⁻¹¹ si²⁴/

/xo²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/

/xo²¹⁻¹¹ si²⁴/

/xo²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴/


裝飯

/t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ faːn²²/

/t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fan⁵³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ ɸan²¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ faːn²²/

/t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fan⁵³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ ɸan²¹⁻¹¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang) to fill (a bowl) with rice


鳳鳳

/xʊŋ⁴⁵ xʊŋ⁴⁵/

/xən⁴⁵ xən⁴⁵/

/xʊŋ⁴⁵ xʊŋ⁴⁵/

/xən⁴⁵ xən⁴⁵/


玩槍

/u̯an¹³ t͡sʰi̯æn³³/

/u̯an¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯æn³³/

/u̯an¹³ t͡sʰi̯æn³³/

/u̯an¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯æn³³/

(Xiang) to flourish a qiang (spear); to give a martial arts performance with qiang (spear)


往年子

/uaŋ⁵³ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/u̯an⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/uaŋ⁵³ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/u̯an⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/


玩刀

/u̯an¹³ tɒu̯³³/

/u̯an¹³ tɒu̯³³/

(Xiang) to flourish a sword; to give a performance of swordplay


網袋子

/u̯an⁴¹ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯an⁴¹ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


風它

/xʊŋ³³ to¹³/

/xʊŋ³³ to¹³/


床當頭

/t͡ɕy̯æn¹³ tan⁴⁵ təu̯¹³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn¹³ tan⁴⁵ təu̯¹³/


黃噠眼

(Xiang, derogatory) beast; bugger; contemptible person; brute; bastard


望頭

/u̯an²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

/u̯an²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

(Xiang) something hoped for and likely to happen; good prospects


左手子

/t͡so⁴¹ səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡so⁴¹ səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


望頭子

/u̯an²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯an²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³ t͡sz̩³/


共爺隔娘

/kʊŋ⁴⁵ i̯a̠¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/kən⁴⁵ i̯a̠¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/kʊŋ⁴⁵ i̯a̠¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/kən⁴⁵ i̯a̠¹³ kɤ̞²⁴ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

(Xiang) born of the same father but a different mother


射沕子

/ʂa̠⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/sa̠⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂa̠⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/sa̠⁴⁵ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


風篷船

/xʊŋ³³ pʊŋ¹³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

/xən³³ pən¹³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

/xʊŋ³³ pʊŋ¹³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

/xən³³ pən¹³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/


洞子

/tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/tən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/tən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


陽雀子

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


活結巴

/xo²⁴ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ pa̠³/

/xo²⁴ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ pa̠³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot


活結它

/xo²⁴ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ to¹³/

/xo²⁴ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ to¹³/

(Xiang) knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot


活結頭

/xo²⁴ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ təu̯³/

/xo²⁴ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ təu̯³/

(Hangzhounese, Xiang) knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot


裝迷糊

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ mi⁴⁵ ɸu³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ mi⁴⁵ ɸu³/

(Xiang) to play the fool; to act dumb or stupid


窮人子

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ¹³ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin¹³ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ¹³ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin¹³ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


裝五十三

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴ san³³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ sz̩²⁴ san³³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴ san³³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ sz̩²⁴ san³³/


裝碩

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ ʂo⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ so⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ ʂo⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ so⁴⁵/


捩噠頸

/li̯e̞⁴⁵ ta̠³ t͡ɕin⁴¹/

/li̯e̞⁴⁵ ta̠³ t͡ɕin⁴¹/

(Xiang) to have a stiff and painful neck after sleeping; to have a crick in the neck


裝媽

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ ma̠³³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ ma̠³³/


裝佯媽

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ i̯æn¹³ ma̠³³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ i̯æn¹³ ma̠³³/


裝佯媽綠

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ i̯æn¹³ ma̠³³ ləu̯²⁴/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ i̯æn¹³ ma̠³³ ləu̯²⁴/


裝寶

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ pɒu̯⁴¹/


黃篾

/ˈuɔŋ³⁵ miɛt̚⁵/

/ˈuɔŋ³⁵ miɛt̚⁵/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) inner part of a bamboo stem


裝佯意子

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ i̯æn¹³ i⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ i̯æn¹³ i⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


裝五十三兩

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴ san³³ li̯æn⁴¹/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ sz̩²⁴ san³³ li̯æn⁴¹/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴ san³³ li̯æn⁴¹/

/t͡ɕy̯æn³³ u⁴¹ sz̩²⁴ san³³ li̯æn⁴¹/


瘋狗子

/xʊŋ³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/xən³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/xʊŋ³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/xən³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


駝背公

/to¹³ pe̞i̯⁴⁵ kʊŋ³/

/to¹³ pe̞i̯⁴⁵ kʊŋ³/


陽月

/jɑŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

/i̯æn¹³ y̯e̞²⁴/

/jɑŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

/i̯æn¹³ y̯e̞²⁴/

(archaic or Xiang) The tenth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

菊月

Month of the Year: 陽月／阳月 (Yángyuè); Previous

子月

Month of the Year: 陽月／阳月 (Yángyuè); Next


蟲咬咬

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³ ŋa̠⁴⁵ ŋa̠³/

/t͡sən¹³ ŋa̠⁴⁵ ŋa̠³/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³ ŋa̠⁴⁵ ŋa̠³/

/t͡sən¹³ ŋa̠⁴⁵ ŋa̠³/


公驢子

/koŋ⁵⁵ nu²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/kʊŋ³³ li¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/koŋ⁵⁵ nu²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/kʊŋ³³ li¹³ t͡sz̩³/


陽卦

/i̯æn¹³ ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

/i̯æn¹³ ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) inconclusive result in divination using moon blocks (showing with two blocks flat)


洋人子

/i̯æn¹³ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) foreigner (especially a westerner or Caucasian)


松毛鬚

/t͡sʊŋ¹³ mɒu̯¹³ si³³/

/t͡sən¹³ mɒu̯¹³ ɕi³³/

/d͡zɤŋ¹³ mɤ¹³⁻³³ sy⁴⁴⁻³³/

/t͡sʊŋ¹³ mɒu̯¹³ si³³/

/t͡sən¹³ mɒu̯¹³ ɕi³³/

/d͡zɤŋ¹³ mɤ¹³⁻³³ sy⁴⁴⁻³³/

(Shexian Huizhou, Eastern Min, Xiang) pine needle

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


馱肚婆

/to¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

/to¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

(Xiang) pregnant woman; expecting mother


龍狗子

/l̃ʊŋ¹³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/lən¹³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/l̃ʊŋ¹³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/lən¹³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


麼子時候

/mo⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ʂʐ̩¹³ xəu̯³/

/mo⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ sz̩¹³ xəu̯³/

/mo⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ ʂʐ̩¹³ xəu̯³/

/mo⁴¹ t͡sz̩³ sz̩¹³ xəu̯³/


中指拇

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/


松椏婆

/t͡sʊŋ¹³ ŋa̠³³ po¹³/

/t͡sən¹³ ŋa̠³³ po¹³/

/t͡sʊŋ¹³ ŋa̠³³ po¹³/

/t͡sən¹³ ŋa̠³³ po¹³/


兩姑嫂

/li̯æn⁴¹ ku³³ sɒu̯⁴¹/

/li̯æn⁴¹ ku³³ sɒu̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) sisters-in-law (younger sister and wife of a man)


晚邊子

/u̯an⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯an⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


洋婆子

/i̯æn¹³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang, colloquial) female Westerner (usually Caucasian)


兩婆媳

/li̯æn⁴¹ po¹³ ɕi²⁴/

/li̯æn⁴¹ po¹³ ɕi²⁴/

(Xiang) mother-in-law and daughter-in-law


洋瓷

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩¹³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩¹³/


洋船

/ˈiɔŋ³⁵ sɵn³⁵/

/yoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nuŋ⁵³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

/ˈiɔŋ³⁵ sɵn³⁵/

/yoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nuŋ⁵³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

(Gan, Eastern Min, dated in Xiang) steamship; steamer


兩娘崽

/li̯æn⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

/li̯æn⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) mother and child; mother and son


香氣子

/ɕi̯æn³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


江豬子

/t͡ɕi̯æn³³ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯æn³³ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/


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


黃老鼠

/uɔŋ³⁵ lau² ɕy¹/

/u̯an¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɕy⁴¹/

/uɔŋ³⁵ lau² ɕy¹/

/u̯an¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɕy⁴¹/

The weasel goes to pay respects to the hen - not with the best of intentions.

[ŋ¹³ laɔ⁵³ su⁵³ kɛ⁵⁵ ka⁵⁵ po²² t͡sẽ⁵³, pa¹³ tə¹³ xaɔ⁵³ ɕi⁵⁵]

黃老鼠給雞拜正，不得好心。

黄老鼠给鸡拜正，不得好心。

Mustela sibirica
Mustela sibirica#Translingual

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, Waxiang) Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica)


黃豆子

/u̯an¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯an¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


仰水

/n̠ʲi̯æn⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/n̠ʲi̯æn⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) backstroke (a swimming stroke swum on one's back)


洋繩子

/i̯æn¹³ ʂən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ sən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ ʂən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ sən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


諒心

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ sin³/

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ ɕin³/

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ sin³/

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ ɕin³/

(Xiang) to predict; to anticipate; to expect


羊婆子

/i̯æn¹³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/


橡皮箍箍

/ɕi̯æn⁴⁵ pi¹³ ku³³ ku³/

/ɕi̯æn⁴⁵ pi¹³ ku³³ ku³/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Xiang) rubber band; elastic band


橡皮箍

/ɕi̯æn⁴⁵ pi¹³ ku³³/

/ɕi̯æn⁴⁵ pi¹³ ku³³/


辵巴子

/ʈ͡ʂʰo²⁴ pa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰo²⁴ pa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰo²⁴ pa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰo²⁴ pa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) cheat; trickster; impostor; cheater; swindler


羊牯子

/i̯æn¹³ ku⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ ku⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

† - wether; ‡ - for breeding; * - ram; # - buck


剛合

/t͡ɕi̯æn³³ xo²⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯æn³³ xo²⁴/


中指腦

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/tɤŋ⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³³ nɑʊ̯³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/tɤŋ⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³³ nɑʊ̯³³/


玩獅子

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) to perform a lion dance (traditional Chinese dance where performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume)


捉脈

/t͡so²⁴ mɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡so²⁴ mɤ̞²⁴/

(Zhangping Hokkien, Linhe and Haibowan Jin, Xiang) to take someone's pulse


亮窗

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³/

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰy̯æn³³/

(Xiang) window (opening in a wall or roof)


亮殼子

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


兩爺崽

/li̯æn⁴¹ i̯a̠¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

/li̯æn⁴¹ i̯a̠¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

(Guiyang and Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) father and son


四碼子

/ɕi⁴⁵ ma̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ ma̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang, dated) husband of a female brothel-keeper


羊崽子

/iɔŋ³⁵ t͡sai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/iɔŋ³⁵ t͡sai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


羊子

/jɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/iaŋ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/jɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/iaŋ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/


黃竹筒

/u̯an¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ tʊŋ¹³/

/u̯an¹³ t͡səu̯²⁴ tən¹³/

/u̯an¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ tʊŋ¹³/

/u̯an¹³ t͡səu̯²⁴ tən¹³/

(Xiang) Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica)


洋咪咪

/i̯an¹¹ mi⁴⁴⁵ mi⁴⁴⁵/

/i̯an¹¹ mi⁴⁴⁵ mi⁴⁴⁵/


死夾它

/ɕi⁴¹ ka̠²⁴ to¹³/

/ɕi⁴¹ ka̠²⁴ to¹³/


紫芽薑

/t͡si¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/

/t͡ɕi¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/

/t͡si¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/

/t͡ɕi¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/


師公子

/si³³ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi³³ kən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/si³³ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi³³ kən³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) wizard; magician; sorcerer; shaman


四月間

/ɕi⁴⁵ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³/


四月間子

/ɕi⁴⁵ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/


四方四印

/ɕi⁴⁵ ɸan³³ ɕi⁴⁵ in⁴⁵/

/ɕi⁴⁵ ɸan³³ ɕi⁴⁵ in⁴⁵/


登方四正

/tən³³ ɸan³³ si⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁵/

/tən³³ ɸan³³ ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sən⁴⁵/

/tən³³ ɸan³³ si⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁴⁵/

/tən³³ ɸan³³ ɕi⁴⁵ t͡sən⁴⁵/


發筆

/ɸa̠²⁴ pi²⁴/

/ɸa̠²⁴ pi²⁴/

(Xiang, Chinese calligraphy) to start writing a stroke of a Chinese character

(Xiang) to soak a new calligraphy brush in water to soften the bristles

(Xiang) to take up the pen for the first time in a new year


爛布子

/l̃an²¹⁻¹¹ pu⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/l̃an²¹⁻¹¹ pu⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


爛布

/l̃an²¹⁻¹¹ pu⁴⁵/

/l̃an²¹⁻¹¹ pu⁴⁵/


字眼子

/t͡si²¹⁻¹¹ ŋan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹ ŋan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡si²¹⁻¹¹ ŋan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹ ŋan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) words or expressions used to express a specific meaning; choice of words; wording


紙扉子

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ɸe̞i̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sz̩⁴¹ ɸe̞i̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ɸe̞i̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sz̩⁴¹ ɸe̞i̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


打花

/ta̠⁴¹ ɸa̠³³/

/ta̠⁴¹ ɸa̠³³/

(Hakka, Xiang) to blossom; to bloom; to flower


山衝裡

/san³³ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³³ li³/

/san³³ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³³ li³/


牸牛子

/t͡si²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡si²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/


自由棍

/t͡si⁴⁵ i̯əu̯¹³ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁴⁵ i̯əu̯¹³ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

/t͡si⁴⁵ i̯əu̯¹³ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁴⁵ i̯əu̯¹³ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) (Western) walking stick; cane


喪德

/saŋ²¹³ tɛ²¹/

/san⁴⁵ tɤ̞²⁴/

/saŋ²¹³ tɛ²¹/

/san⁴⁵ tɤ̞²⁴/

(Sichuanese, Xiang) wicked; dishonorable; immoral


殘莫

(Xiang) would rather; would prefer; it would be better if


紙莊

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯æn³³/

/t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯æn³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯æn³³/

/t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯æn³³/


上半晚

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴¹/

/san²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴¹/

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴¹/

/san²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴¹/

(Xiang) first half of the night; time before midnight


上祭

(Xiang) to order sacrifices in worship; to lay offerings on the altar


長尾巴

/ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹ u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ pa̠³/

/ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹ u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ pa̠³/

(Sichuanese, Xiang, humorous) to celebrate one's birthday (of a small child)


上嶺

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ lin⁴¹/

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ lin⁴¹/


上嶺

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ lin⁴¹/

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ lin⁴¹/

(Xiang) to go up a hill; to go uphill; to climb a slope; to move up an incline; to ascend


傷洋子

/ʂan³³ i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂan³³ i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/


平常年子

/pʰin¹³ ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ t͡san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰin¹³ t͡san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/


常年子

/ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡san¹³ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/


上材

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/

/san²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/

/ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/

/san²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/

(Xiang) to put a corpse in a coffin; to encoffin


四路裡

/si⁴⁵ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ li³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ li³/

/si⁴⁵ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ li³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ li³/


現光洋

/ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ku̯an³³ i̯æn¹³/

/ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ku̯an³³ i̯æn¹³/


絲絞邊

/si³³ kɒu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/ɕi³³ kɒu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/si³³ kɒu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/ɕi³³ kɒu̯⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

(Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) The Chinese character component 糹／纟.


趕熱鬧

/kan⁴¹ y̯e̞²⁴ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kan⁴¹ y̯e̞²⁴ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


長褂子

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ ku̯a̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ ku̯a̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


發脈

/ɸa̠²⁴ mɤ̞²⁴/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mɤ̞²⁴/

(Xiang) to circulate; to disseminate; to spread; to hand down (of information, etc.)


光洋

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

(dialectal, including Pingxiang Gan, Yudu Hakka, Liuzhou and Luoyang Mandarin, Nanning Pinghua, Xiang) silver dollar


寒婆婆

(Xiang, derogatory) person who is very scared of the cold


眼睛角

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁵ ko²⁴/

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁵ ko²⁴/

(Xiang, anatomy) canthus; corner of the eye


滿舅子

/man⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/man⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) youngest brother-in-law (wife's youngest brother)


完姨子

/y̯ẽ¹³ i¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/y̯ẽ¹³ i¹³ t͡sz̩³/


細舅子

/si⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/si⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


滿姑媽

(Xiang) youngest paternal aunt (youngest among one's father's sisters)


看牛伢子

/kʰan⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/kʰan⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) shepherd boy; cowboy; buffalo boy


絲襪子

/sz̩⁵⁵ wä⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/sz̩¹¹ vaʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/si³³ u̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi³³ u̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/sz̩⁵⁵ wä⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/sz̩¹¹ vaʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/si³³ u̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi³³ u̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Xi'an Mandarin, Gan, Jin, Xiang) pantyhose; stockings


山墈

/san³³ kʰõ⁴⁵/

/san³³ kʰõ⁴⁵/


司機生

/si³³ t͡ɕi³³ sən³³/

/ɕi³³ t͡ɕi³³ sən³³/

/si³³ t͡ɕi³³ sən³³/

/ɕi³³ t͡ɕi³³ sən³³/


乾子

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


香乾子

/ɕi̯æn³³ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) dougan; dried tofu


瞧不來

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯¹³ pu³ lai̯¹³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯¹³ pu³ lai̯¹³/

(Xiang) to abhor; to despise; to look down on


紙包冰

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ pɒu̯³³ pin³³/

/t͡sz̩⁴¹ pɒu̯³³ pin³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ pɒu̯³³ pin³³/

/t͡sz̩⁴¹ pɒu̯³³ pin³³/


完姑媽

/y̯ẽ¹³ ku³³ ma̠³³/

/y̯ẽ¹³ ku³³ ma̠³³/


洋芋子

/i̯æn¹³ y²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯an¹¹ y²¹³⁻³¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn¹³ y²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯an¹¹ y²¹³⁻³¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Wanrong Mandarin, Changting Hakka, Xiang) potato


嚴合

(Xiang) just right; as luck would have it; as it turns out, by lucky coincidence


寒毛子

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


眼睛皮子

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³ pi¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³ pi¹³ t͡sz̩³/


講穿

/kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

/kan⁴¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ³³/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

/kan⁴¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ³³/

(Xiang and Cantonese) to tell what something really is; to reveal; to disclose


四指拇

/sz̩⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/sz̩⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/sz̩⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/sz̩⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/


四指腦

/sz̩⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/sz̩⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/sz̩⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/sz̩⁴⁵ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/


香蔥

/ɕi̯æn³³ t͡sʰʊŋ³³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ t͡sʰən³³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ t͡sʰʊŋ³³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ t͡sʰən³³/

(Xiang) green onion; spring onion; scallion


牸牛

/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡siː²² ŋɐu̯²¹/

/t͡si²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/

/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡siː²² ŋɐu̯²¹/

/t͡si²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/


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


哈寶

/xa̠⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/xɤ̞⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/xa̠⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/xɤ̞⁴¹ pɒu̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot


滿指拇

/man⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/man⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/


嚴剛

/ŋan¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/

/ŋan¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/


哈卵

/xä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xa̠⁴¹ lõ⁴¹/

/xä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xa̠⁴¹ lõ⁴¹/

2017 June 3, 老人乘公交车上车不给钱 自称儿子是公安局长不怕报警, in 《桂林晚报》 [Guilin Evening News], page 05

Lǐ shīfù biǎoshì yào bàojǐng, méixiǎngdào lǎorén fēidàn bùpà bàojǐng, hái shuō: “Nǐ bàojǐng a, nǐ bù bàojǐng jiùshì hǎluǎn, wǒ érzǐ shì gōng'ānjúcháng, nǐ bàojǐng a!”

李師傅表示要報警，沒想到老人非但不怕報警，還說：「你報警啊，你不報警就是哈卵，我兒子是公安局長，你報警啊！」

李师傅表示要报警，没想到老人非但不怕报警，还说：「你报警啊，你不报警就是哈卵，我儿子是公安局长，你报警啊！」

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang, derogatory, vulgar) stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot (Classifier: 個／个 m)


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.


壁頭

/pi²¹ tʰəu²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/pi²¹ tʰəu²¹⁻⁵⁵/

(Sichuanese, Hong Kong Hakka, dialectal Xiang) wall


山藥薯

/san³³ i̯o²⁴ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

/san³³ i̯o²⁴ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

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(Xiang) Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)


夜路子

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


夜風子

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xən³³ t͡sz̩³/


下半晚

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴¹/

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ u̯an⁴¹/

(Xiang) latter half of the night; time after midnight


瓜碼子

/ku̯a̠³³ ma̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ku̯a̠³³ ma̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


下老毛

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

(Xiang) to make a decision; to be determined or resolved to do something


野老婆

/ia²¹³⁻²¹ lau¹ pʰo²⁴/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ po¹³/

/i̯ɔ⁴² lɤ⁴²⁻¹ bu¹³⁻³³/

/i̯ä³³ lɑʊ̯³³ b̥o¹¹/

/ia²¹³⁻²¹ lau¹ pʰo²⁴/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ po¹³/

/i̯ɔ⁴² lɤ⁴²⁻¹ bu¹³⁻³³/

/i̯ä³³ lɑʊ̯³³ b̥o¹¹/

(Gan, Xiang) mistress; paramour; the other woman


野老倌

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

(Xiang) people who are not close but often visit


攏場

(Xiang) to participate; to take part; to attend

插腳

chiefly something one should not participate in


雅相

/i̯a̠⁴¹ si̯æn⁴⁵/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ ɕi̯æn⁴⁵/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ si̯æn⁴⁵/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ ɕi̯æn⁴⁵/

(Xiang) gentle; refined; courteous; polite; feminine


野老公

/ia²¹³⁻²¹ lau¹ kɔŋ⁴²/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʊŋ³³/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kən³³/

/i̯ä³³ lɑʊ̯³³ kɤŋ⁴⁴⁵/

/ia²¹³⁻²¹ lau¹ kɔŋ⁴²/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʊŋ³³/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kən³³/

/i̯ä³³ lɑʊ̯³³ kɤŋ⁴⁴⁵/

(Gan, Xiang, Ningbonese) paramour; male lover


刮毛毛

/ku̯a̠²⁴ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

/ku̯a̠²⁴ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

(Xiang) to abort a fetus; to induce an abortion


攏邊

/l̃ʊŋ⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/lən⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/l̃ʊŋ⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

/lən⁴¹ pi̯ẽ³³/

(Xiang) to approach; to come closer; to draw near


下罩子

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


野崽子

/i̯a̠⁴¹ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) illegitimate child (usually a boy); bastard child; child born out of wedlock


下凌

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ lin²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ lin²¹⁻¹¹/


掛墳

/ku̯a̠⁴⁵ ɸən¹³/

/ku̯a̠⁴⁵ ɸən¹³/

(Xiang) to visit a grave to honor the memory of the dead


夜蚊子

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mən³³ t͡sz̩³/


草藥子

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ i̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ i̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


老屁股

/lɒu̯⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵ ku⁴¹/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵ ku⁴¹/


老滿

(Xiang) the youngest child of a family; the youngest one in a group


倒魚鱗

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ y¹³ lin¹³/

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ y¹³ lin¹³/

(Xiang) hangnail (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)


老釘釘

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti̯æn⁴⁵ ti̯æn³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti̯æn⁴⁵ ti̯æn³/


草蓆子

/t͡sʰau⁵³ ɕi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ si²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ ɕi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰau⁵³ ɕi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ si²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ ɕi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


灶面子

/t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) top of a kitchen range; kitchen range surface


老貨

/lɒu̯⁴¹ xo⁴⁵/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ xo⁴⁵/

(Hakka, Northern Min, Xiang) old fellow; old codger


討米

/tʰɔ³¹⁻⁵⁵ bi³¹/

/tʰɒu̯⁴¹ mi⁴¹/

/tʰɔ³¹⁻⁵⁵ bi³¹/

/tʰɒu̯⁴¹ mi⁴¹/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Leizhou Min, Xiang) to beg for food


勞總

/lɒu̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁴¹/

/lɒu̯¹³ t͡sən⁴¹/

/lɒu̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁴¹/

/lɒu̯¹³ t͡sən⁴¹/

(Xiang) altogether; in total; in all; in sum


刀口子

/tɒu̯³³ kʰəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/tɒu̯³³ kʰəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


斜王旁

/ɕiɛ²¹ uaŋ²¹ pʰaŋ²¹/

/ziɑ²² ɦuɑ̃³³ pɑ̃/

/ɕi̯e̞¹³ u̯an¹³ pan¹³/

/ɕiɛ²¹ uaŋ²¹ pʰaŋ²¹/

/ziɑ²² ɦuɑ̃³³ pɑ̃/

/ɕi̯e̞¹³ u̯an¹³ pan¹³/

(Sichuanese, Suzhounese, Xiang) The Chinese character component 𤣩.


倒肘

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂəu̯⁴¹/

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡səu̯⁴¹/

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂəu̯⁴¹/

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡səu̯⁴¹/


手拐子

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ ku̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯⁴¹ ku̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂəu̯⁴¹ ku̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/səu̯⁴¹ ku̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Kunming and Nantong Mandarin, Xiang, anatomy) elbow


到屋

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ u²⁴/

/tɒu̯⁴⁵ u²⁴/

(Xiang) to go home; to return home; to come home


老弟嫂

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ sɒu̯⁴¹/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ sɒu̯⁴¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Dabu Hakka, Xiang) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)


老哇子

/lɒu̯⁴¹ u̯a̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ u̯a̠³³ t͡sz̩³/


老弟媳婦

/lau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰi¹ ɕit̚⁵ fu²/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ si²⁴ ɸu³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴ ɸu³/

/lɑʊ̯³³ ti³ ɕi³³ fu³/

/lau²¹³⁻²¹ tʰi¹ ɕit̚⁵ fu²/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ si²⁴ ɸu³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ti²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi²⁴ ɸu³/

/lɑʊ̯³³ ti³ ɕi³³ fu³/

(Gan, Xiang) sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)


糞凼

/ɸən⁴⁵ tõ²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɸən⁴⁵ tõ²¹⁻¹¹/


蹬腳

/tən³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

/tən³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

(Hakka, Xiang) to lift up one's foot and to stamp the earth forcefully


噴啾

/ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sʰi̯o³/

/ɸən⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯o³/

/ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sʰi̯o³/

/ɸən⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯o³/


悶車

/mən²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/mən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/

/mən²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/mən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/


告化子

/kɒu̯⁴⁵ ɸa̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/kɒu̯⁴⁵ ɸa̠⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


橫當骨

/ɸən¹³ tan³³ ku²⁴/

/ɸən¹³ tan³³ ku²⁴/


悶船

/mən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

/mən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

(Xiang, Liuzhou Mandarin) to become seasick


昏車

/ɸən³³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/ɸən³³ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/

/ɸən³³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/ɸən³³ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/


昏船

/fun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɔn¹¹/

/ɸən³³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

/fun⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɔn¹¹/

/ɸən³³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ¹³/

(Hakka, Xiang, Liuzhou Mandarin) to become seasick


罩子

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/t͡saːu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/t͡saːu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


高客子

/kɒu̯³³ kʰɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/kɒu̯³³ kʰɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


燈草絨

/tən⁵⁵ t͡sʰau⁵³ zoŋ²¹/

/tən³³ t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ i̯ʊŋ¹³/

/tən³³ t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ in¹³/

/tən⁵⁵ t͡sʰau⁵³ zoŋ²¹/

/tən³³ t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ i̯ʊŋ¹³/

/tən³³ t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ in¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang, Danyang Wu) corduroy


灶蛐蛐

/t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi³³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi³³/


馱肚

/tʰo²⁴ tʰu¹¹/

/to¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/tʰo²⁴ tʰu¹¹/

/to¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


老鼠子

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ɕy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/lɑʊ̯³³ su̯i³³ t͡sz̩³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ ɕy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/lɑʊ̯³³ su̯i³³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, dialectal Pinghua, Xiang) mouse; rat


煙屁股

/iɛn⁵⁵ pʰi²¹³ ku⁵³/

/i̯ẽ³³ pʰi⁴⁵ ku³/

/iɛn⁵⁵ pʰi²¹³ ku⁵³/

/i̯ẽ³³ pʰi⁴⁵ ku³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Xiang) cigarette butt; fag-end


打粗

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡sʰəu̯³³/

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡sʰəu̯³³/


高客

/kɒu̯³³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

/kɒu̯³³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

(Hong'an Mandarin, Xiang, euphemistic) mouse; rat


馱毛毛

/to¹³ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

/to¹³ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/


外前

/uai²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/

/uai²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/ŋyɛ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiŋ³³/

/uai²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/

/uai²¹³ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/ŋyɛ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiŋ³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Northern Min, Xiang) outside; exterior


奶婆

/naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/nai̯³²⁴ b̥o¹¹/

/naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/nai̯³²⁴ b̥o¹¹/


團轉

/tõ¹³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ⁴⁵/

/tõ¹³ t͡ɕy̯ẽ⁴⁵/

(Sichuanese, Xiang) area surrounding (something); surroundings; vicinity; around; about


針鼻子

/t͡sən⁵⁵ pi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂən³³ pi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sən⁵⁵ pi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂən³³ pi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) eye (of a needle)


吵家精

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ ka̠³³ t͡ɕin³³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ ka̠³³ t͡ɕin³³/


癆藥

/lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ i̯o¹³/

/lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ i̯o¹³/


操坪

/t͡sʰɒu̯³³ pin¹³/

/t͡sʰɒu̯³³ pin¹³/


灰麵

/ˈfɨi⁴² miɛn¹¹/

/ɸe̞i̯³³ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹/

/ˈfɨi⁴² miɛn¹¹/

/ɸe̞i̯³³ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Huizhou, Gan, Xiang) flour


吃掛麵

/t͡sʰz̩²¹ kua²¹³ miɛn²¹³/

/t͡sʰz̩²¹ kua²¹³ miɛn²¹³/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) to hang oneself (by the neck)


貓公子

/mɒu̯³³ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯³³ kən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯³³ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯³³ kən³³ t͡sz̩³/


打止

/ta̠⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

(Xiang) to end; to terminate; to cut off; to close; to stop


發痴

/ɸa̠²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ t͡sʰz̩³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ t͡sʰz̩³³/

(Xiang) to stare blankly; to be in a daze


打毛毛

/ku̯a̠²⁴ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯³/

/ku̯a̠²⁴ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯³/

(Xiang) to abort a fetus; to induce an abortion


打噴啾

/ta̠⁴¹ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sʰi̯o³/

/ta̠⁴¹ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯o³/

/ta̠⁴¹ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sʰi̯o³/

/ta̠⁴¹ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯o³/


三十晚上

/san³³ ʂʐ̩²⁴ u̯an⁴¹ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹/

/san³³ sz̩²⁴ u̯an⁴¹ san²¹⁻¹¹/

/san³³ ʂʐ̩²⁴ u̯an⁴¹ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹/

/san³³ sz̩²⁴ u̯an⁴¹ san²¹⁻¹¹/


發夢衝

/ɸa̠²⁴ mʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰən³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mən²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰən³³/


三十晚間子

/san³³ ʂʐ̩²⁴ u̯an⁴¹ ka̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/san³³ ʂʐ̩²⁴ u̯an⁴¹ ka̠³ t͡sz̩³/


笨屎甲

/pən²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/

/pən²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/

/pən²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/

/pən²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/


滾屎蟲

/ku̯ən⁴¹ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/ku̯ən⁴¹ sz̩⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

/ku̯ən⁴¹ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/ku̯ən⁴¹ sz̩⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/


糞屎甲

/ɸən⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/

/ɸən⁴⁵ sz̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/

/ɸən⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/

/ɸən⁴⁵ sz̩⁴¹ ka̠²⁴/


發夢天

/ɸa̠²⁴ mʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mən²¹⁻¹¹ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ mən²¹⁻¹¹ tʰi̯ẽ³³/


硬殼蟲

/ŋən²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/ŋən²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sən¹³/

/ŋən²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/ŋən²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sən¹³/


呵獻

/xə²⁴ ɕiæ̃²⁴/

/xə²⁴ ɕiæ̃²⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Wu, dialectal Xiang) yawn


拖板子

/tʰo⁴² pan²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/tʰo⁴² pan²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/


狗婆

/kiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ pʰo²⁴/

/kiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ pʰo²⁴/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Gan, Xiang) female dog


夜火蟲

/ˈia¹¹ fo²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xo⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xo⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

/ˈia¹¹ fo²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xo⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xo⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

(Jiangxi Hakka, Gan, Xiang) firefly; lightning bug; glowworm


爺老子

/ia³⁵ lau²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/i̯a̠¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯ɔ¹³ lɤ⁴²⁻¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯ä¹¹ lɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ia³⁵ lau²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/i̯a̠¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯ɔ¹³ lɤ⁴²⁻¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯ä¹¹ lɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


豬崽子

/t͡ɕy⁴² t͡sai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/t͡ɕy³³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi³/

/t͡ɕy⁴² t͡sai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/t͡ɕy³³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) piglet; pigling


挖耳子

/ua⁵⁵ ɚ⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/ua⁴² ɵ² t͡sz̩¹/

/u̯a̠²⁴ ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ua⁵⁵ ɚ⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/ua⁴² ɵ² t͡sz̩¹/

/u̯a̠²⁴ ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Sichuanese, Gan, Xiang) earpick


雪子

/si̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

/si̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

(dialectal Gan, Huizhou, dialectal Wu, Xiang) graupel; granular snow


扒子手

/pʰa²⁴ t͡sz̩² sɨu²¹³/

/b̥ä¹¹ t͡sz̩³ ɕi̯u³³/

/pʰa²⁴ t͡sz̩² sɨu²¹³/

/b̥ä¹¹ t͡sz̩³ ɕi̯u³³/


大崽

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯⁴¹/

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


後爺

/ˈhɛu¹¹ ia³⁵/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ i̯a̠¹³/

/ˈhɛu¹¹ ia³⁵/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ i̯a̠¹³/

(Nantong Mandarin, Yulin Yue, Gan, Southern Sixian Hakka, Jinhua Wu, Xiang) stepfather


走棋

/t͡sɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

/t͡səu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

/t͡sɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

/t͡səu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

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


戒箍子

/ka̠³⁵ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ka̠³⁵ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Waxiang, dialectal Xiang) finger ring; ring


孫女子

/suŋ¹¹ ny⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/

/sən³³ n̠ʲy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/suŋ¹¹ ny⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/

/sən³³ n̠ʲy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Jin, Xiang) granddaughter (one's son's daughter)


巴巴凳

/pa̠³³ pa̠³ tən⁴⁵/

/pa̠³³ pa̠³ tən⁴⁵/


男客

/nø²² kʰɑʔ³³/

/l̃an¹³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

/nø²² kʰɑʔ³³/

/l̃an¹³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/


打腳

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

(Hakka, Xiang) to hurt one's foot while walking (of a footwear)


巴壁藤

/pa̠³³ pi²⁴ tən¹³/

/pa̠³³ pi²⁴ tən¹³/

(Xiang) Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)


姐夫子

/t͡si̯a̠⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡si̯e̞⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯a̠⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯e̞⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡si̯a̠⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡si̯e̞⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯a̠⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯e̞⁴¹ ɸu³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) brother-in-law (elder sister's husband)


妹郎子

/me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ l̃an¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ l̃an¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Yudu Hakka, Xiang) brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)


疤屁股

/pa̠³³ pʰi⁴⁵ ku⁴¹/

/pa̠³³ pʰi⁴⁵ ku⁴¹/


它它妹子

/to¹³ to³ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/to¹³ to³ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


它它針

/to¹³ to⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂən³³/

/to¹³ to⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂən³³/


插田

(dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Xiang) to transplant rice seedlings


鼻屎痂

/pi²⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ka̠³³/

/pi²⁴ sz̩⁴¹ ka̠³³/

/pi²⁴ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ ka̠³³/

/pi²⁴ sz̩⁴¹ ka̠³³/


鐵牯牛

/tʰi̯e̞²⁴ ku⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/

/tʰi̯e̞²⁴ ku⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/


郵花

/i̯əu̯¹³ ɸa̠³³/

/i̯əu̯¹³ ɸa̠³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) postage stamp


割禾

/kɔːt̚³ wɔː²¹/

/kᵘɔt̚³³ vᵘɔ²²/

/kɔt̚¹ ʋo¹¹/

/kɔːt̚³ wɔː²¹/

/kᵘɔt̚³³ vᵘɔ²²/

/kɔt̚¹ ʋo¹¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Xiang, Liuzhou Mandarin) to harvest rice


打米

/ta²¹³⁻²⁴ mi²¹³/

/ta²¹³⁻²⁴ mi²¹³/


滿叔

(Hakka, Xiang) paternal uncle (father's youngest brother)


出柩

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴⁵/

(Pingxiang Gan, Hakka, Xiang) to hold a funeral procession


蛋殼子球

/tan²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³ t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯¹³/

/tan²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³ t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯¹³/


先前天

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡sʰi̯ẽ¹³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ¹³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡sʰi̯ẽ¹³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ¹³ tʰi̯ẽ³³/


藥粉子

/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ fən²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/i̯o²⁴ ɸən⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ fən²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/i̯o²⁴ ɸən⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Lichuan Gan, Xiang) medicinal powder


丫襠褲

/ŋa̠³³ tan³³ kʰu⁴⁵/

/ŋa̠³³ tan³³ kʰu⁴⁵/

(Xiang) open-crotch pants (usually for toddlers)


鑌針

/pin³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³/

/pin³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³/


蜂窠

/foŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

/foŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

(Huizhou, Wu, dialectal Xiang) honeycomb (structure of cells made by bees)


前年子

/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ʑi²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹ nʲiɛn²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ʑi²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Xiang) the year before last


早晨頭

/t͡sɔ³³ zən⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³ təu̯³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³ təu̯³/

/t͡sɔ³³ zən⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³ təu̯³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³ təu̯³/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Wu, Xiang) early morning


前日子

/ʑi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/ʑi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


禾鐮子

/o¹³ li̯ẽ¹³ t͡si³/

/o¹³ li̯ẽ¹³ t͡ɕi³/

/o¹³ li̯ẽ¹³ t͡si³/

/o¹³ li̯ẽ¹³ t͡ɕi³/


雞窠

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Wu, Xiang) chicken coop; henhouse; roost


哈崽

/xä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(Guangxi Mandarin, Xiang) stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot (Classifier: 個／个 m)


味子素

/u̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³ səu̯⁴⁵/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³ səu̯⁴⁵/

monosodium glutamate
monosodium glutamate


西粉

/si³³ ɸən⁴¹/

/ɕi³³ ɸən⁴¹/

/si³³ ɸən⁴¹/

/ɕi³³ ɸən⁴¹/

(Xiang) cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli


南粉

/l̃an¹³ ɸən⁴¹/

/l̃an¹³ ɸən⁴¹/


湘粉

/si̯æn³³ ɸən⁴¹/

/ɕi̯æn³³ ɸən⁴¹/

/si̯æn³³ ɸən⁴¹/

/ɕi̯æn³³ ɸən⁴¹/


叫子

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/t͡ɕiɔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/t͡ɕiɔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Wu, Xiang) whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)


油絞條

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡ɕi³ ti̯ɒu̯¹³/

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡ɕi³ ti̯ɒu̯¹³/


油炸棍

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sa̠²⁴ ku̯ən⁴⁵/

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sa̠²⁴ ku̯ən⁴⁵/


天乾

/tʰi⁵⁵ kø²¹/

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ kan³³/

/tʰi⁵⁵ kø²¹/

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ kan³³/


鍋鏟子

/uo⁴² t͡sʰan²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/uo⁴² t͡sʰan²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) slice; spatula (kitchen utensil)


背時鬼

/pe̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/pe̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/pei̯³²⁴ z̥z̩¹¹ ku̯i³³/

/pe̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/pe̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/pei̯³²⁴ z̥z̩¹¹ ku̯i³³/


怪人子

/ku̯ai̯⁴⁵ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ku̯ai̯⁴⁵ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) strange person; eccentric person


痗起痗起

/me̞i̯³³ t͡ɕʰi³ me̞i̯³³ t͡ɕʰi³/

/me̞i̯³³ t͡ɕʰi³ me̞i̯³³ t͡ɕʰi³/


背影子

(Xiang) view of someone's back; figure seen from behind


謎子

/me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


拐家伙

/ku̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠³³ xo³/

/ku̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠³³ xo³/


肥肉子

/ɸe̞i̯¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸe̞i̯¹³ t͡səu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸe̞i̯¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸe̞i̯¹³ t͡səu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


空路徑

/kʰʊŋ³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/kʰən³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/kʰʊŋ³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/kʰən³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

(Xiang) useless things; meaningless things


中巴車

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ pa̠³³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/t͡sən³³ pa̠³³ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ³³ pa̠³³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/t͡sən³³ pa̠³³ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/


粟路

/si̯əu̯²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɕi̯əu̯²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/si̯əu̯²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɕi̯əu̯²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


空路

/kʰʊŋ³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰən³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰʊŋ³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰən³³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


空頭路

/kʰʊŋ³³ təu̯¹³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰən³³ təu̯¹³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰʊŋ³³ təu̯¹³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰən³³ təu̯¹³ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


長襪子

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ u̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ u̯a̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) stocking (soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear)


外姪女

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹/

(Xiang) sororal niece (sister's daughter)


礙噠

/ŋai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ta̠³/

/ŋai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ta̠³/

(Xiang) to hinder; to obstruct; to interfere


探閒事

/tʰan⁴⁵ xan¹³ sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/

/tʰan⁴⁵ xan¹³ sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/

poke one's nose into
poke one's nose into

(Xiang) to poke one's nose into other people's business; to meddle


蛋卷子

/tan²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕy̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/tan²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕy̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


翻棋盤

/ɸan³³ t͡ɕi¹³ põ¹³/

/ɸan³³ t͡ɕi¹³ põ¹³/


擔水桶

/tan³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tʰʊŋ⁴¹/

/tan³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tʰən⁴¹/

/tan³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tʰʊŋ⁴¹/

/tan³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tʰən⁴¹/


飯蚊子

/ɸan²¹⁻¹¹ mən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan²¹⁻¹¹ mən³³ t͡sz̩³/


翻耙

/ɸan³³ pa̠¹³/

/ɸan³³ pa̠¹³/

(Xiang) to go back on one's word; to break a promise


帆布凳子

/ɸan¹³ pu⁴⁵ tən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan¹³ pu⁴⁵ tən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


反話子

/ɸan⁴¹ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan⁴¹ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


外姪伢子

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/


襻子

(Xiang) something shaped like a button loop used to attach


飯票子

/ɸan²¹⁻¹¹ pʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan²¹⁻¹¹ pʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


反告

/ɸan⁴¹ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

/ɸan⁴¹ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

(Xiang) hinge (device for the pivoting of a door)


蠻工子

/man¹³ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/man¹³ kʊŋ³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) heavy manual labor; unskilled work


死帳

/sz̩⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/

/sz̩⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/

(Xiang) uncollectable debts; bad debt; bad loan


蠻工

/man¹³ kʊŋ³³/

/man¹³ kʊŋ³³/


雙抱耳

/ɕy̯æn³³ pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹/

/sɔŋ⁴⁴ bɤ¹¹⁻¹ i̯e̞¹¹⁻¹/

/ɕy̯æn³³ pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹/

/sɔŋ⁴⁴ bɤ¹¹⁻¹ i̯e̞¹¹⁻¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) The Chinese character component 阝 (on either side of the character).


當賠匠

/tan³³ pe̞i̯¹³ t͡si̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/tan³³ pe̞i̯¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/tan³³ pe̞i̯¹³ t͡si̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/tan³³ pe̞i̯¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang, humorous) to compensate; to pay for (damage, etc.)


丹墀

/tan³³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/

/tan³³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/


放讓

/ɸan⁴⁵ ʐan²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɸan⁴⁵ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɸan⁴⁵ ʐan²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɸan⁴⁵ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to relent; to give in; to yield; to compromise; to concede


蜂窠子

/xʊŋ³³ kʰo³³ t͡sz̩³/

/xən³³ kʰo³³ t͡sz̩³/

/xʊŋ³³ kʰo³³ t͡sz̩³/

/xən³³ kʰo³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) honeycomb (structure of cells made by bees)


還稅

/ɸan¹³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/ɸan¹³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/


放牛伢子

/ɸan⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸan⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) shepherd boy; cowboy; buffalo boy


長袍子

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ pɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂan¹³ pɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) changshan (traditional Chinese men's robe)


漲水

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sœːŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sœːŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

/tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

/tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/t͡san⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

/tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/t͡san⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

(Hokkien, Xiang) to have a big flood; to get flooded; to rise to high tide (of water level)


鉛筆㲃子

/y̯ẽ¹³ pi²⁴ t͡si̯əu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/y̯ẽ¹³ pi²⁴ t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/y̯ẽ¹³ pi²⁴ t͡si̯əu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/y̯ẽ¹³ pi²⁴ t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


單抱耳

/tan³³ pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹/

/tan³³ pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹/

(Xiang) The Chinese character component 卩.


岳老子

/i̯o²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯o¹¹ lɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯o²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯o¹¹ lɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


閉痧

/pe̞i̯⁴⁵ sa̠³³/

/pe̞i̯⁴⁵ sa̠³³/

(Wuhan Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Xiang, medicine) to suffer from heatstroke or sunstroke


丈人老子

/ʈ͡ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡san²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡san²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Gan, Xiang) father-in-law (wife's father)


湯圓子

/tʰɔŋ⁴² yɵn² t͡sz̩¹/

/tʰan³³ y̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴² yɵn² t͡sz̩¹/

/tʰan³³ y̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) tangyuan; Chinese glutinous rice balls


房數兄弟

/ɸan¹³ səu̯⁴⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³³ ti³/

/ɸan¹³ səu̯⁴⁵ ɕin³³ ti³/

/ɸan¹³ səu̯⁴⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³³ ti³/

/ɸan¹³ səu̯⁴⁵ ɕin³³ ti³/


岳母娘

/i̯o²⁴ mo⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/i̯o¹¹ mu³³ n̠ʲi̯an¹¹/

/i̯o²⁴ mo⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

/i̯o¹¹ mu³³ n̠ʲi̯an¹¹/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Xiang) mother-in-law (wife's mother)


桑葉它它

(Xiang) fruit of the mulberry (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yin deficiency)


牛崽子

/n̠ʲiu³⁵ t͡sai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/n̠ʲiu³⁵ t͡sai²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

/n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


擓肚

/kʰu̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰu̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


打蹩腳老虎

/ta̠⁴¹ pʰi̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɸu⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ pʰi̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɸu⁴¹/

kick someone when they are down
kick someone when they are down

(Xiang) to kick someone when they are down


得螺

/tɤ̞²⁴ lo¹³/

/tɤ̞²⁴ lo¹³/


打腰餐

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sʰan³³/

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sʰan³³/

(Xiang) to add another meal between two main meals


打斢

/ta̠⁴¹ tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴¹/


打屌胯

/ta̠⁴¹ tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ kʰu̯a̠⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ ti̯ɒu̯⁴¹ kʰu̯a̠⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ kʰu̯a̠⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ ti̯ɒu̯⁴¹ kʰu̯a̠⁴⁵/

(Xiang) to not wear pants; to be naked below the waist


打餓肚

/ta̠⁴¹ o²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ o²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) to suffer from hunger or starvation; to famish; to go hungry


打熱鬧和聲

/ta̠⁴¹ y̯e̞²⁴ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xo²¹⁻¹¹ ʂən³³/

/ta̠⁴¹ y̯e̞²⁴ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xo²¹⁻¹¹ sən³³/

/ta̠⁴¹ y̯e̞²⁴ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xo²¹⁻¹¹ ʂən³³/

/ta̠⁴¹ y̯e̞²⁴ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xo²¹⁻¹¹ sən³³/


打藥

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯o²⁴/

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯o²⁴/

(Xiang) medicine used to treat injuries when you tumble or fall


彈四郎

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


郎崽子

(Xiang) son-in-law (used by the wife's family)


達痧精

/ta̠²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ta̠²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


打露水

/ta̠⁴¹ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/


扎扇

/ʈ͡ʂa̠²⁴ ʂə̃⁴⁵/

/t͡sa̠²⁴ sə̃⁴⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂa̠²⁴ ʂə̃⁴⁵/

/t͡sa̠²⁴ sə̃⁴⁵/


打圞場

/ta̠⁴¹ lõ¹³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ lõ¹³ t͡san¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ lõ¹³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ lõ¹³ t͡san¹³/

(Xiang) to mediate a dispute; to smooth things over


打圞臺

/ta̠⁴¹ lõ¹³ tai̯¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ lõ¹³ tai̯¹³/


駕船的

/ka̠⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³ ti³/

/ka̠⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³ ti³/


脅肋窩

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ lɤ̞²⁴ o³³/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ lɤ̞²⁴ o³³/


扯常

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡san¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡san¹³/


擓毛毛

/kʰu̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰu̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵/


打常

/ta̠⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/


扯常子

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡san¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡san¹³ t͡sz̩³/


哪塊子

/la̠⁴¹ kʰu̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/la̠⁴¹ kʰu̯ai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


堂客

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰə³/

/tʰɔːŋ²¹ haːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/tan¹³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰə³/

/tʰɔːŋ²¹ haːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/tan¹³ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Nanxiong Zhuji Hakka, Huizhou, Xiang, non-face-to-face) wife

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Xiang, Guangfeng Wu, Hengyang Xiang) (married) woman


擺矮

/pai̯⁴¹ ŋai̯⁴¹/

/pai̯⁴¹ ŋai̯⁴¹/

take something lying down
take something lying down

(Xiang) to give the impression of weakness; to take something lying down


轉格

/t͡ɕy̯ai̯⁴¹ kɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡ɕy̯ai̯⁴¹ kɤ̞²⁴/

(Xiang) to put on airs; to give oneself airs


壞人子

/ɸai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


跛腳子

/pai̯³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/pai̯³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


跛老爺

/pai̯³³ lɒu̯⁴¹ i̯e̞²⁴/

/pai̯³³ lɒu̯⁴¹ i̯e̞²⁴/

(Xiang, derogatory) lame person; cripple


排肋骨

/pai̯¹³ lɤ̞²⁴ ku²⁴/

/pai̯¹³ lɤ̞²⁴ ku²⁴/


拜墳

/pai̯⁴⁵ ɸən¹³/

/pai̯⁴⁵ ɸən¹³/

(Xiang) to visit a grave to honor the memory of the dead


大指腦

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹/


大指拇

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩²⁴ mɒu̯³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) thumb; big toe


懷肚

/ɸai̯¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɸai̯¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

(Yudu Hakka, Dongsheng Jin, Xiang) to be pregnant


官炮

/kʰõ³³ pʰɒu̯⁴⁵/

/kʰõ³³ pʰɒu̯⁴⁵/


算八字

/sõ⁴⁵ pa̠²⁴ t͡sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/

/sõ⁴⁵ pa̠²⁴ t͡sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/


觀音暴

/kʰõ³³ in³³ pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/kʰõ³³ in³³ pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

(Buddhism, Xiang) wind and rain a few days before the birthday of Guanyin


有格

/i̯əu̯⁴¹ kɤ̞²⁴/

/i̯əu̯⁴¹ kɤ̞²⁴/

(Xiang) to be qualified; to be up to standard


半夜間子

/põ⁴⁵ i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/põ⁴⁵ i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/põ⁴⁵ i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/põ⁴⁵ i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠³ t͡sz̩³/


卵漿

/lõ⁴¹ t͡si̯æn³³/

/lõ⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/

/lõ⁴¹ t͡si̯æn³³/

/lõ⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/


斷黑

/tõ²¹⁻¹¹ xɤ̞²⁴/

/tõ²¹⁻¹¹ xɤ̞²⁴/


圞襠褲

/lõ¹³ tan³³ kʰu⁴⁵/

/lõ¹³ tan³³ kʰu⁴⁵/

(Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) pants without a slit in the crotch


右手子

/i̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ səu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


鵝崽子

/ŋo¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ŋo¹³ t͡sai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


蝴蝶子

/xu²⁴ tʰiə⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/ɸu¹³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/xu²⁴ tʰiə⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/ɸu¹³ tʰi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


抱耳風

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹ xʊŋ³³/

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹ xən³³/

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹ xʊŋ³³/

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞⁴¹ xən³³/


寸耳風

/t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɤ̞⁴¹ xʊŋ³³/

/t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɤ̞⁴¹ xən³³/

/t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɤ̞⁴¹ xʊŋ³³/

/t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɤ̞⁴¹ xən³³/


扯閃

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ ʂə̃⁴¹/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ sə̃⁴¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ ʂə̃⁴¹/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ sə̃⁴¹/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) to have lightning


毛毛它

/mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵ to¹³/

/mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯⁴⁵ to¹³/


毛它

/mɒu̯¹³ to¹³/

/mɒu̯¹³ to¹³/


毛伢子

/mɒu̯¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/


崖鷹

/ŋaːi̯²¹ jɪŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋai̯¹¹ in⁴⁴⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²¹ jɪŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋai̯¹¹ in⁴⁴⁵/

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Xiang) eagle


酒窩子

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

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


餓癆鬼

/ŋo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lau¹¹ kuɪ³¹/

/o²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/ŋo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lau¹¹ kuɪ³¹/

/o²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/


樓上頭

/ləu̯¹³ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

/ləu̯¹³ san²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

/ləu̯¹³ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

/ləu̯¹³ san²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/


樓高頭

/lɤ²² kɔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ləu̯¹³ kɒu̯³³ təu̯³/

/lɤ²² kɔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ləu̯¹³ kɒu̯³³ təu̯³/


樓腳下

/nəu²¹ ti⁵³ ɕia²¹³⁻²¹/

/nəu²¹ ti⁵³ ɕia²¹³⁻²¹/


歇涼

/hyoʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uoŋ⁵³/

/hiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liaŋ²³/

/he(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liaŋ²³/

/he(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liaŋ²⁴/

/hẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liaŋ²⁴/

/hẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liaŋ²³/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn¹³/

/hyoʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uoŋ⁵³/

/hiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liaŋ²³/

/he(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liaŋ²³/

/he(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liaŋ²⁴/

/hẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liaŋ²⁴/

/hẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liaŋ²³/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn¹³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Xiang, Fuqing Eastern Min) to relax in a cool place


扯白

/t͡sʰɛ⁵³ pɛ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ pɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ pɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰɛ⁵³ pɛ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ pɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ pɤ̞²⁴/

(Sichuanese, Xiang) to tell a lie; to lie


寒毛子眼

/xan¹³ mɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³ ŋan⁴¹/

/xan¹³ mɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³ ŋan⁴¹/


書包袋子

/ɕy³³ pɒu̯³³ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕy³³ pɒu̯³³ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


缺子

/t͡ɕʰyɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰyɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/

/t͡ɕʰy̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


屑子

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


邋糊

/la̠⁴¹ ɸu¹³/

/la̠⁴¹ ɸu¹³/

(Xiang) careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy


賤三爺

/t͡si̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ san³³ i̯e̞¹³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ san³³ i̯e̞¹³/

/t͡si̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ san³³ i̯e̞¹³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ san³³ i̯e̞¹³/

(Xiang) miserable wretch; contemptible individual


線它子

/si̯ẽ⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/si̯ẽ⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ to¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) reel (of thread); bobbin (of thread); spool (of thread)


旋窩子風

/t͡si̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³ xʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³ xən³³/

/t͡si̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³ xʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³ xən³³/


錢紙

/t͡si̯ẽ¹³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

/t͡si̯ẽ¹³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

(Xiang) joss paper; paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead or for gods


旋窩子

/t͡si̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡si̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ o³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) swirl; whirlpool (whirling eddy)


墊單

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ tan³³/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ tan³³/

(Xiang) bedspread; bedcover (topmost covering of a bed)


棉花車子

/mi̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ t͡sʰɤ̞³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ t͡sʰɤ̞³³ t͡sz̩³/


點醒

/tiːm³⁵ sɛːŋ³⁵/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ ɕin⁴¹/

/tiːm³⁵ sɛːŋ³⁵/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ ɕin⁴¹/


蓮花子

/li̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/li̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/


碗蒂子

/õ⁴¹ ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/õ⁴¹ ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


碗㞘子

/õ⁴¹ təu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/õ⁴¹ təu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


田塍間子

/ti̯ẽ¹³ sən¹³ kan⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ sən¹³ kan⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) embankment or footpath between paddy fields; ridge between fields


偏生

/pʰi⁵⁵ sã²¹/

/pʰi̯ẽ³³ sən³³/

/pʰi⁵⁵ sã²¹/

/pʰi̯ẽ³³ sən³³/

I told him not to go, and yet he still wilfully goes.

⁵he ¹li ⁵fiau ⁵chi-meq₈ ¹li ¹phie-san₁ ⁵iau ⁵chi

喊俚覅去末，俚偏生要去。

(Xiang, Northern Wu) wilfully; insistently; persistently


佃錢

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

(Xiang) rent (regular payments made to the owner of a property to secure its use)


天遭乾

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ t͡sɒu̯³³ kan³³/

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ t͡sɒu̯³³ kan³³/


田老倌

/ti̯ẽ¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/


野物

/i̯a̠⁴¹ u²⁴/

/i̯ɔ⁴² u³⁵⁻⁵/

/i̯ä³³ v̥u¹¹/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ u²⁴/

/i̯ɔ⁴² u³⁵⁻⁵/

/i̯ä³³ v̥u¹¹/

(Sichuanese, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) wild animal; wild beast


天螺陀

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ lo¹³ to¹³/

/tʰi̯ẽ³³ lo¹³ to¹³/


田老鼠

/ti̯ẽ¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɕy⁴¹/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ lɒu̯⁴¹ ɕy⁴¹/

(Changde Mandarin, Lichuan Gan, Northern Min, Danyang Wu, Xiang) vole


月亮生毛

/y̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ sən³³ mɒu̯¹³/

/y̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ sən³³ mɒu̯¹³/

(Sichuanese, Xiang, Huizhou, meteorology) lunar halo


癲子

/ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/ti̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ɛn⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/ti̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ɛn⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) madman; madwoman; lunatic; crazy person (Classifier: 個／个 m)


點把點子

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ pa̠⁴¹ ti̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ pa̠⁴¹ ti̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified)


結巴子

/t͡ɕiɛ²¹ pa⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ pa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕiɛ²¹ pa⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ pa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

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


電亮

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/


棉花包

/mi̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ pɒu̯³³/

/mi̯ẽ¹³ ɸa̠³³ pɒu̯³³/


月亮長毛

/iɛ²¹ niaŋ²¹³ t͡saŋ⁵³ mau²¹/

/y̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

/y̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ t͡san⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

/iɛ²¹ niaŋ²¹³ t͡saŋ⁵³ mau²¹/

/y̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

/y̯e̞²⁴ li̯æn²¹⁻¹¹ t͡san⁴¹ mɒu̯¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang, meteorology) lunar halo


練常

/li̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/li̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡san¹³/

/li̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/li̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡san¹³/


硯池

/n̠ʲi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/

/n̠ʲi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩¹³/

/n̠ʲi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/

/n̠ʲi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩¹³/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) inkstone; ink slab


田几么

/ti̯ẽ¹³ t͡ɕi⁴¹ məu̯⁴¹/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ t͡ɕi⁴¹ məu̯⁴¹/

From breaking down the character 鬼 (“ghost”) into its components.


雪子子

/ɕye²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/si̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕye²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/

/si̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Danyang Wu, Xiang) graupel; granular snow


凹穀子

/i̯e̞²⁴ ku²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯e̞²⁴ ku²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


凹秕子

/i̯e̞²⁴ pʰi²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯e̞⁴⁵ pʰi²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯e̞²⁴ pʰi²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯e̞⁴⁵ pʰi²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


凹殼子

/i̯e̞²⁴ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯e̞²⁴ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


寫記

/si̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

/ɕi̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

/si̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

/ɕi̯e̞⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

(Xiang) to record (a series of events); to put down in writing; to write down


邊上

/ˈpiɛn⁴² sɔŋ¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ san²¹⁻¹¹/

/ˈpiɛn⁴² sɔŋ¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹/

/pi̯ẽ³³ san²¹⁻¹¹/

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


癲狗子

/ti̯ẽ³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ³³ kəu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


腆靦

/tʰi̯ẽ⁴¹ mi̯ẽ⁴⁵/

/tʰi̯ẽ⁴¹ mi̯ẽ⁴⁵/


辵白

/ʈ͡ʂʰo²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰo²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰo²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰo²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴/


線車

/si̯ẽ⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/

/si̯ẽ⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞³³/

/ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sʰɤ̞³³/

(Pingxiang Gan, dated in Hubei Mandarin, Xiang) bicycle


背冤枉

/pe̞i̯³³ y̯ẽ³³ u̯an⁴¹/

/pe̞i̯³³ y̯ẽ³³ u̯an⁴¹/

(Xiang) to take the blame (for someone else); to be a scapegoat


傾瓢

/kʰu̯an³³ pi̯ɒu̯¹³/

/kʰu̯an³³ pi̯ɒu̯¹³/

(Xiang) very bad (of one's grades in a school or an examination)


關場

/ku̯an³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

/ku̯an³³ ʈ͡ʂan¹³/

(Xiang) to carefully observe one's surroundings


背賬

/pe̞i̯³³ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/

/pe̞i̯³³ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/


香貓子

/ɕi̯æn³³ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


鄉裡人

/ɕi̯æn³³ li³ ʐən¹³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ li³ ʐən¹³/


背脊骨

/pe³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kuəʔ²¹/

/pe̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi²⁴ ku²⁴/

/pe³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kuəʔ²¹/

/pe̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi²⁴ ku²⁴/

(Xiang, anatomy) spine; vertebra; backbone


鄉裡

/ɕi̯æn³³ li³/

/ɕi̯æn³³ li³/

(Xiang) the countryside; the country; rural area


鄉裡寶

/ɕi̯æn³³ li³ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi̯æn³³ li³ pɒu̯⁴¹/


一齒

/i²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴¹/

/i²⁴ t͡sʰz̩⁴¹/

/i²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴¹/

/i²⁴ t͡sʰz̩⁴¹/


打冒詐

/ta̠⁴¹ mɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sa̠⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ mɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sa̠⁴⁵/

(Sichuanese, Xiang) to swindle someone through impersonation


打尿噤

/ta̠⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁻¹¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁻¹¹/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) to shiver while peeing


打滯

/ta̠⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁵/

/ta̠⁴¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/


發爛

/ɸa̠²⁴ l̃an²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɸa̠²⁴ l̃an²¹⁻¹¹/


打屁蟲

/ta⁵³ pʰi²¹³ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵ t͡sən¹³/

/ta⁵³ pʰi²¹³ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/ta̠⁴¹ pʰi⁴⁵ t͡sən¹³/

(Guiyang Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Yudu Hakka, Xiang) stinkbug


打野望

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯a̠⁴¹ u̯an²¹⁻¹¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯a̠⁴¹ u̯an²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to be absent-minded (while studying or working)


打野

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯a̠⁴¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ i̯a̠⁴¹/


打垛

/ta̠⁴¹ to²¹⁻¹¹/

/ta̠⁴¹ to²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to overlap; to superimpose; to reduplicate


芽白

/i̯a̠¹³ pɤ̞²⁴/

/i̯a̠¹³ pɤ̞²⁴/


蟬蛉子

/ɕy̯ẽ¹³ li̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕy̯ẽ¹³ lin¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕy̯ẽ¹³ li̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕy̯ẽ¹³ lin¹³ t͡sz̩³/


煙葉子

/iɛn⁵⁵ iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/iɛn⁴² iɛt̚⁵/

/ie¹¹ iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/i̯ẽ³³ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/iɛn⁵⁵ iɛ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/iɛn⁴² iɛt̚⁵/

/ie¹¹ iəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

/i̯ẽ³³ i̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

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


煙蒂巴

/i̯ẽ³³ ti⁴⁵ pa̠³/

/i̯ẽ³³ ti⁴⁵ pa̠³/


煙蒂子

/i̯ẽ³³ ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯ẽ³³ ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


煙屎

/i̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/

/ʒan⁵³ ʃi²⁴/

/ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ sz̩⁴¹/

/i̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/

/ʒan⁵³ ʃi²⁴/

/ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ sz̩⁴¹/

煙屎牙

烟屎牙

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


犬旁

/t͡ɕʰyã⁵⁵ bɑŋ³¹³/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ⁴¹ pan¹³/

/t͡ɕʰyã⁵⁵ bɑŋ³¹³/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ⁴¹ pan¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Lichuan Gan, Xiang, Jinhua Wu) The Chinese character component 犭, dog radical


猴犬旁

/xəu̯¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ⁴¹ pan¹³/

/xəu̯¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ⁴¹ pan¹³/

(Xiang) The Chinese character component 犭, dog radical


刀欛豆

/tɒu̯³³ pa̠⁴⁵ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/tɒu̯³³ pa̠⁴⁵ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/


毛栗子

/mɒu̯¹³ li²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ li⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ li²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ li⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

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


腳趾拇

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ mɒu̯³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ mɒu̯³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ mɒu̯³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ mɒu̯³/


腳趾佬

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹/


腳筒跟

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ tʊŋ¹³ kən³³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ tən¹³ kən³³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ tʊŋ¹³ kən³³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ tən¹³ kən³³/


腳豬子

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡ɕy³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) boar (usually used for breeding)


釃酒

/sai̯⁴⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯u³³/

/sai̯⁴⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯u³³/

(Teochew, Xiang) to pour an alcoholic beverage


芡實子

/t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ sz̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ sz̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

Euryale ferox
Euryale ferox#Translingual

(Xiang) seed of Euryale ferox (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine)


雞頭菱

/t͡ɕi³³ təu̯³ lin¹³/

/t͡ɕi³³ təu̯³ lin¹³/


雞眼睛

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ iɛn⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi³³ ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin³/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ iɛn⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi³³ ŋan⁴¹ t͡ɕin³/

(Sichuanese, Xiang, pathology) corn; clavus (callus on the toes or fingers)


收士

/ʂəu̯³³ sz̩⁴⁵/

/səu̯³³ sz̩⁴⁵/

/ʂəu̯³³ sz̩⁴⁵/

/səu̯³³ sz̩⁴⁵/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Xiang, xiangqi) to move a piece back one step


扯經

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/

(Xiang) to chant scriptures intermittently


扯粟殼

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ si̯əu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ ɕi̯əu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ si̯əu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ ɕi̯əu̯²⁴ kʰo²⁴/

(Xiang) to talk nonsense; to chatter idly


扯談

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ tan¹³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ tan¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̞⁴¹ tan¹³/

/t͡sʰɤ̞⁴¹ tan¹³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) to talk nonsense


卵彈鬼

/lõ⁴¹ tan¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/lõ⁴¹ tan¹³ ku̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) someone who is fond of making trouble


彈腔

/tan¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯æn³³/

/tan¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯æn³³/

(Xiang) one of the two major types of vocal music in Hunanese opera


鑽山打洞

/t͡sõ³³ san³³ ta̠⁴¹ tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡sõ³³ san³³ ta̠⁴¹ tən²¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡sõ³³ san³³ ta̠⁴¹ tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡sõ³³ san³³ ta̠⁴¹ tən²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to curry favor or find opportunity anywhere to achieve a goal


斷家

/tõ²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³³/

/tõ²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³³/

(Xiang) to perform sorcery or write incantations to prevent children from reincarnating into other people's homes (by a sorcerer)


亂搞三千

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ san³³ t͡sʰi̯ẽ³³/

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ san³³ t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ³³/

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ san³³ t͡sʰi̯ẽ³³/

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ san³³ t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ³³/


亂搞一百六

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ i²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴ ləu̯²⁴/

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ i²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴ ləu̯²⁴/


臠起臠起

/lõ³³ t͡ɕʰi³ lõ³³ t͡ɕʰi³/

/lõ³³ t͡ɕʰi³ lõ³³ t͡ɕʰi³/

(Xiang) to be in low spirits; to be lethargic-looking; out of sorts


伴大樹

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) someone who seeks connections with people of power


圞手板

/lõ¹³ ʂəu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹/

/lõ¹³ səu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹/

/lõ¹³ ʂəu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹/

/lõ¹³ səu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹/

(Xiang) palm with five fingers joint together

(Xiang, figurative) incompetent person; incapable person


圞筒公

/lõ¹³ tʊŋ¹³ kʊŋ³³/

/lõ¹³ tən¹³ kən³³/

/lõ¹³ tʊŋ¹³ kʊŋ³³/

/lõ¹³ tən¹³ kən³³/

(Xiang, mechanics) cylinder; barrel; drum

(Xiang) cylinder-like object; barrel-like object


亂搞一百幾

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ i²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹/

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹ i²⁴ pɤ̞²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹/


圞心蒂子

/lõ¹³ ɕin³³ ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/lõ¹³ ɕin³³ ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


團圍四轉

/tõ¹³ u̯e̞i̯¹³ sz̩⁴⁵ t͡ɕy̯ẽ⁴⁵/

/tõ¹³ u̯e̞i̯¹³ sz̩⁴⁵ t͡ɕy̯ẽ⁴⁵/

(Xiang) area surrounding (something); surroundings; vicinity; around; about


伴親娘子

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sin³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sin³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang, dated) female servant that accompanies a bride after marriage


盤寶

/põ¹³ pɒu̯⁴¹/

/põ¹³ pɒu̯⁴¹/


盤紅帳

/põ¹³ xʊŋ¹³ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/

/põ¹³ xən¹³ t͡san⁴⁵/

/põ¹³ xʊŋ¹³ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/

/põ¹³ xən¹³ t͡san⁴⁵/

(Xiang, dated) to take a year-end inventory


盤腳子

/pʰõ⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰõ⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) cross-legged person (with legs curled inward while walking)


二不闌幹

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ pu²⁴ l̃an¹³ kan³³/

/ɤ̞⁴⁵ pu²⁴ l̃an¹³ kan³³/

(Xiang) to leave something half finished


判得康

/pʰõ⁴⁵ tɤ̞³ kʰan³³/

/pʰõ⁴⁵ tɤ̞³ kʰan³³/

(Xiang) to be able to bear hardships and hard work, and be not afraid of getting dirty or tired


圞心

/lõ¹³ ɕin³³/

/lu̯ɛn¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴⁵/

/lõ¹³ ɕin³³/

/lu̯ɛn¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴⁵/


排筆師

(Xiang, dated) someone who assigns actors, manages schedules and actors' repertoire, and performs backstage work in a theatrical troupe


流話

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) improper speech; unserious speech


半枝筆

/põ⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³³ pi²⁴/

/põ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³³ pi²⁴/

/põ⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³³ pi²⁴/

/põ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³³ pi²⁴/

(Xiang, dated) job that takes care of the decorative hats and assists a manager in a theatrical troupe


流話子

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸa̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


油渣子

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sa̠³³ t͡sz̩³/


射格

/ʂa̠⁴⁵ kəu̯¹³/

/sa̠⁴⁵ kəu̯¹³/

/ʂa̠⁴⁵ kəu̯¹³/

/sa̠⁴⁵ kəu̯¹³/

(Xiang) to lose face; to bring shame to oneself


丟格

/ti̯əu̯³³ kəu̯¹³/

/ti̯əu̯³³ kəu̯¹³/


圞泛

/lõ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/

/lõ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/

(Xiang, of a person) smooth and evasive; slick and sly; tactful


圞泛

/lõ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/

/lõ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/

(Xiang) to justify in order to make one's own statement consistent and flawless


有狠

/i̯əu̯⁴¹ xən⁴¹/

/i̯əu̯⁴¹ xən⁴¹/


油子樹

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

/i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)


呵喝嗨

/o⁴⁵ xo³ xai̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/o⁴⁵ xo³ xai̯²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to refuse to exert effort and not take something seriously (when handling a matter)


伴媽

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ ma̠³³/

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ ma̠³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang, dated) bridesmaid


活人子

/xo²⁴ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/xo²⁴ ʐən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


果飯

/ko⁴¹ ɸan²¹⁻¹¹/

/ko⁴¹ ɸan²¹⁻¹¹/

Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year#English

(Xiang) eight-treasure rice pudding (a traditional Chinese New Year dessert)


伴婆

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/

/põ²¹⁻¹¹ po¹³/


圓泛

/y̯ẽ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/

/y̯ẽ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/


圓泛

/y̯ẽ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/

/y̯ẽ¹³ ɸan⁴⁵/


排筆

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/


卵彈琴

/lõ⁴¹ tan¹³ t͡ɕʰin¹³/

/lõ⁴¹ tan¹³ t͡ɕʰin¹³/


合事

/xo²⁴ sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/

/xo²⁴ sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/


酒藥子

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹ i̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹ i̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) distiller's yeast; brewer's yeast; yeast for making alcoholic beverages


溜子

/li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/li̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/li̯əu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) funnel (utensil used to guide poured liquids)


木機子

/mo²⁴ t͡ɕi³³ t͡sz̩³/

/mo²⁴ t͡ɕi³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) old-style weaving loom used at home


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


劉環鬚

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸan¹³ si³³/

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸan¹³ ɕi³³/

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸan¹³ si³³/

/li̯əu̯¹³ ɸan¹³ ɕi³³/


河頭魚

/xo¹³ təu̯¹³ y¹³/

/xo¹³ təu̯¹³ y¹³/


巴殼蛋

/pa̠³³ kʰo²⁴ tan²¹⁻¹¹/

/pa̠³³ kʰo²⁴ tan²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) egg that has begun to go bad (when the yolk and egg white sticks to the shell)


巴家

/pa̠³³ t͡ɕi̯a̠³³/

/pa̠³³ t͡ɕi̯a̠³³/

(Xiang) to look after one's family; to take care of domestic affairs


巴殼

/pa̠³³ kʰo²⁴/

/pa̠³³ kʰo²⁴/

(Xiang) to begin to go bad (of an egg, when the yolk and egg white sticks to the shell)


粘殼蛋

/ti̯æn³³ kʰo²⁴ tan²¹⁻¹¹/

/ti̯æn³³ kʰo²⁴ tan²¹⁻¹¹/


霸腦殼

/pa̠⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

/pa̠⁴⁵ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo²⁴/

(Xiang) overbearing person; high-handed person


泥白菜

/n̠ʲi¹³ pɤ̞²⁴ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

/n̠ʲi¹³ pɤ̞²⁴ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

(Xiang) chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)


㞎㞎腔

/pa̠⁴¹ pa̠³ t͡ɕʰi̯æn³³/

/pa̠⁴¹ pa̠³ t͡ɕʰi̯æn³³/

(Xiang, opera) bad pronunciation or singing in Hunanese opera


巴巴頭

/pa̠³³ pa̠³ təu̯¹³/

/pa̠³³ pa̠³ təu̯¹³/

(Xiang) hair worn in a bun or coil; bun (worn on the back of the head)


豬婆菜

/t͡ɕy³³ po¹³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

/t͡ɕy³³ po¹³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Yunfu Cantonese, Yudu Hakka, Xiang) chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)


拔實

/pʰa̠²⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

/pʰa̠²⁴ sz̩²⁴/

/pʰa̠²⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

/pʰa̠²⁴ sz̩²⁴/


圞蛋

/lõ¹³ tan²¹⁻¹¹/

/lõ¹³ tan²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) whole and throughly boiled chicken egg

(Xiang, figurative) a score of zero; goose egg


何什搞

/o¹³ ʂʐ̩³ kɒu̯⁴¹/

/o¹³ sz̩³ kɒu̯⁴¹/

/o¹³ ʂʐ̩³ kɒu̯⁴¹/

/o¹³ sz̩³ kɒu̯⁴¹/

(Xiang, interrogative) What to do?; What should be done?


怕癢花

/pʰa̠⁴⁵ i̯æn⁴¹ ɸa̠³³/

/pʰa̠⁴⁵ i̯æn⁴¹ ɸa̠³³/

Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia indica#Translingual

(Xiang) crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)


呵嘶呵嘶

/o⁴⁵ sz̩³³ o⁴⁵ sz̩³³/

/o⁴⁵ sz̩³³ o⁴⁵ sz̩³³/

(Xiang) to do all one can; to do one's utmost; to spare no effort; to go all-out


粘殼

/ti̯æn³³ kʰo²⁴/

/ti̯æn³³ kʰo²⁴/


可以得

/kʰo⁴¹ i⁴¹ tɤ̞²⁴/

/kʰo⁴¹ i⁴¹ tɤ̞²⁴/


和尚肉

/xo¹³ ʂan⁴⁵ ʐəu̯²⁴/

/xo¹³ san⁴⁵ ʐəu̯²⁴/

/xo¹³ ʂan⁴⁵ ʐəu̯²⁴/

/xo¹³ san⁴⁵ ʐəu̯²⁴/


亂它

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³/

/lõ²¹⁻¹¹ to¹³/

(Xiang) to mix up the sequence; to mix up the order

(Xiang) to make trouble; to stir up trouble; to be mischievous


木腦殼

/mo²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo³/

/mo²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ kʰo³/


後娘子

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/


惡實

/o²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

/o²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩²⁴/

/o²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

/o²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩²⁴/

(Xiang) excellently; amazingly; impressively (used as a complement)

傲人

nowadays especially of breasts, body curve


繼爺

/t͡ɕi⁴⁵ i̯a̠¹³/

/t͡ɕi³²⁴ i̯ä¹¹/

/t͡ɕi⁴⁵ i̯a̠¹³/

/t͡ɕi³²⁴ i̯ä¹¹/


何至

/o¹³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/

/o¹³ t͡sz̩⁴⁵/

/o¹³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/

/o¹³ t͡sz̩⁴⁵/


麻噴子雨

/ma̠¹³ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³ y⁴¹/

/ma̠¹³ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³ y⁴¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) drizzle; light rain


毛毛汗

/mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯¹³ xan²¹⁻¹¹/

/mɒu̯¹³ mɒu̯¹³ xan²¹⁻¹¹/


麻噴子

/ma̠¹³ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ma̠¹³ ɸən⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


花布子

/ɸa̠³³ pu⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɸa̠³³ pu⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/


假假子

/t͡ɕi̯a̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯a̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) to pretend; to make believe; to feign


屁股臀子

/pʰi⁴⁵ ku⁴¹ tən¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰi⁴⁵ ku⁴¹ tən¹³ t͡sz̩³/


毛雨子

/mɒu̯¹³ y⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯¹³ y⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


攢勁

(Xiang) to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort; to do one's utmost


食盒子

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ xo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ xo²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


十月間子

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/sz̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/sz̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ kan³³ t͡sz̩³/


皮襖子

/pi¹³ ŋɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/pi¹³ ŋɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


十月子

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/sz̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/sz̩²⁴ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


筆尖子

/pi²⁴ t͡si̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/pi²⁴ t͡ɕi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/pi²⁴ t͡si̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/pi²⁴ t͡ɕi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) nib; tip of a pen, pencil, or writing brush


石頭骨

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ təu̯³ ku³/

/ʂʐ̩²⁴ təu̯³ ku³/


筆套子

/pi²⁴ tʰɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/pi²⁴ tʰɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Danyang Wu, Xiang) cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush


痴呆子

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³³ tai̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰz̩³³ tai̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³³ tai̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰz̩³³ tai̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot (Classifier: 個／个 m)


發氣

/fa²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹³/

/fat̚³³ hi³³⁻³³⁵/

/ɸa̠²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

/fa²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹³/

/fat̚³³ hi³³⁻³³⁵/

/ɸa̠²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

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


豬頭風

/t͡ɕy³³ təu̯³ xʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕy³³ təu̯³ xən³³/

/t͡ɕy³³ təu̯³ xʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕy³³ təu̯³ xən³³/


貓乳

/mɒu̯³³ y⁴¹/

/mɒu̯³³ y⁴¹/

Euphemistic for 腐乳 because 腐 is homophonous to 虎 (“tiger”).


貓婆子

/mɒu̯³³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/mɒu̯³³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Pingxiang Gan, Xiang) tabby; female cat


芫荽菜

/i̯ẽ¹³ si³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

/i̯ẽ¹³ ɕi³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

/i̯ẽ¹³ si³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

/i̯ẽ¹³ ɕi³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/


前去年

/t͡si̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/

/t͡si̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯ẽ¹³/


點打

/tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/

/tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tã⁵³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ ta̠⁴¹/

/tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tã⁵⁵⁴/

/tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tã⁵³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ ta̠⁴¹/

(Xiang) to hit at certain acupoints; to hit a pressure point


前去日

/t͡si̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ ʐ̩²⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ ʐ̩²⁴/

/t͡si̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ ʐ̩²⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³ kʰɤ̞⁴⁵ ʐ̩²⁴/


篾刀

/mi̯e̞²⁴ tɒu̯³³/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ tɒu̯³³/


簟子

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) summer mat woven from thin bamboo strips


篾簟子

/mi̯e̞²⁴ ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


簟䇽

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɤ̞²⁴/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɤ̞²⁴/

(Xiang) coarse bamboo mat (used mostly to dry food under the sun or to put over a shed)


電燈泡毫子

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ tən³³ pʰɒu̯³³ xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴⁵ tən³³ pʰɒu̯³³ xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/


簟䇽子

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


篾䇽子

/mi̯e̞²⁴ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


篾䇽

/mi̯e̞²⁴ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sɤ̞²⁴/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞²⁴/

/mi̯e̞²⁴ t͡sɤ̞²⁴/


填紅模字

/ti̯ẽ¹³ xʊŋ¹³ ma̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ xən¹³ ma̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ xʊŋ¹³ ma̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ¹³ xən¹³ ma̠³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) to trace in black ink over characters printed in red (when learning to write with a brush)


糖醬

/tan¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn⁴⁵/

/tan¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn⁴⁵/

(Xiang) sweet bean sauce (Chinese condiment)


點痘子

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang, immunology) to vaccinate against smallpox


點基

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡ɕi³³/

/ti̯ẽ⁴¹ t͡ɕi³³/


淘盆

/tɒu̯¹³ pən¹³/

/tɒu̯¹³ pən¹³/

(Xiang) wooden basin for washing dishes and utensils


陶銼

/tɒu̯¹³ t͡sʰo⁴⁵/

/tɒu̯¹³ t͡sʰo⁴⁵/


冇上冇下

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ san²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ʂan²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ san²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to have no sense of who is senior and who is junior; to show no respect to elders


冇得大細

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ tɤ̞²⁴ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ si⁴⁵/

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ tɤ̞²⁴ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi⁴⁵/

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ tɤ̞²⁴ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ si⁴⁵/

/mɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ tɤ̞²⁴ tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi⁴⁵/


蘭花根

/l̃an¹³ ɸa̠³³ kən³³/

/l̃an¹³ ɸa̠³³ kən³³/

(Xiang) a kind of cat feces-shaped pastry


包壺

/pɒu̯³³ ɸu¹³/

/pɒu̯³³ ɸu¹³/


炮子子

/pʰɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/pʰɒu̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


貓屎筒

/mɒu̯³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ tʊŋ¹³/

/mɒu̯³³ sz̩⁴¹ tən¹³/

/mɒu̯³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹ tʊŋ¹³/

/mɒu̯³³ sz̩⁴¹ tən¹³/


暴生子

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) novice (someone who lacks experience)


暴參子

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan³³ t͡sz̩³/

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan³³ t͡sz̩³/


暴呵子

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xo³³ t͡sz̩³/

/pɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ xo³³ t͡sz̩³/


貓吱

/mɒu̯³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

/mɒu̯³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/


水老妹

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹/


水妹子

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


水牛婆

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ po¹³/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ po¹³/


尾節骨

/u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡si̯e̞²⁴ ku²⁴/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ ku²⁴/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡si̯e̞²⁴ ku²⁴/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ ku²⁴/


水冬瓜

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tʊŋ³³ ku̯a̠³³/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tən³³ ku̯a̠³³/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tʊŋ³³ ku̯a̠³³/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ tən³³ ku̯a̠³³/


貓哭鳥

/mɒu̯³³ kʰu²⁴ ti̯ɒu̯⁴¹/

/mɒu̯³³ kʰu²⁴ ti̯ɒu̯⁴¹/


信套子

/ɕiŋ⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/ɕiŋ⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/


未見得

/u̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ tɤ̞²⁴/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵ tɤ̞²⁴/


水垮垮

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ku̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ku̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ku̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ku̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹/


衛生丸子

/u̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ sən³³ y̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ sən³³ y̯ẽ¹³ t͡sz̩³/


為麼子

/u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ mo⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ mo⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


水蘿蔔

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ lo¹³ pu³/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ lo¹³ pu³/

(Xiang, Chinese cuisine, botany) daikon; Chinese radish


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


廟老倌

/mi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/mi̯ɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

(Xiang) temple attendant in charge of incense and candles; acolyte


湖藕

/ɸu¹³ ŋəu̯⁴¹/

/ɸu¹³ ŋəu̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) a kind of lotus root growing in lakes


湖殼油

/ɸu¹³ kʰo²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³/

/ɸu¹³ kʰo²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³/

(Xiang) clam shell oil (used to prevent chapped skin)


勞空神

/lɒu̯¹³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁵ ʂən¹³/

/lɒu̯¹³ kʰən⁴⁵ sən¹³/

/lɒu̯¹³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁵ ʂən¹³/

/lɒu̯¹³ kʰən⁴⁵ sən¹³/

(Xiang) to bother one's head for nothing


勞豆殼子神

/lɒu̯¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³ ʂən¹³/

/lɒu̯¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³ sən¹³/

/lɒu̯¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³ ʂən¹³/

/lɒu̯¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴ t͡sz̩³ sən¹³/


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


癢抓子

/i̯æn⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯a̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯æn⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯a̠³³ t͡sz̩³/


摳癢

/kʰəu⁵⁵ iaŋ⁵³/

/kʰəu̯³³ i̯æn⁴¹/

/kʰəu⁵⁵ iaŋ⁵³/

/kʰəu̯³³ i̯æn⁴¹/

(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) to scratch an itch


老倌子

/lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang, usually used among old couples) husband


細姑子

/ɕi⁴⁵ ku⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi⁴⁵ ku⁴⁵ 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

(Xiang) sister-in-law (husband's younger sister)

(Xiang) paternal aunt (father's younger sister)


秤星子

/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵ ɕiŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵ sin³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɕin³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵ ɕiŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵ sin³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɕin³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Jin, Xiang) gradations marked on the beam of a steelyard


咯樣

/ko²⁴ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/kai̯²⁴ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/kõ²⁴ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/ko²⁴ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/kai̯²⁴ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

/kõ²⁴ i̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/


南竹子

/l̃an¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/l̃an¹³ t͡səu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/l̃an¹³ ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/l̃an¹³ t͡səu̯²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


攪石子

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ʂʐ̩³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ sz̩³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ ʂʐ̩³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ sz̩³ t͡sz̩³/

From avoiding the taboo 龍／龙 (long2, “dragon”) and its homophone 籠／笼 (long2, “basket”).


挑針子

/ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴² t͡sz̩²/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴² t͡sz̩²/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡sz̩³/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

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


白鷺仙

/pɤ̞²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ si̯ẽ³³/

/pɤ̞²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi̯ẽ³³/

/pɤ̞²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ si̯ẽ³³/

/pɤ̞²⁴ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹ ɕi̯ẽ³³/

Egretta garzetta
Egretta garzetta#Translingual


下塌

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰä⁵⁵/

/haː²² tʰaːp̚³/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰä⁵⁵/

/haː²² tʰaːp̚³/

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ tʰa̠²⁴/

/ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ tʰa̠²⁴/

(Xiang) to place (a dead person) into a coffin


洋鏟

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sʰan⁴¹/

/i̯æn¹³ t͡sʰan⁴¹/


針尖子

/ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡si̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sən³³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡si̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sən³³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ³³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) pinpoint; point of a needle


木油子樹

/mo²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

/mo²⁴ i̯əu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)


太陽筋

/tʰai²¹³ iaŋ²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/tʰai̯⁴⁵ i̯æn¹³ t͡ɕin³³/

/tʰai̯³²⁴ i̯an¹¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁵/

/tʰai²¹³ iaŋ²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/tʰai̯⁴⁵ i̯æn¹³ t͡ɕin³³/

/tʰai̯³²⁴ i̯an¹¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁴⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Wu, Xiang, anatomy) temple (also an acupuncture point in TCM)


大頸根

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin⁴¹ kən³³/

/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin⁴¹ kən³³/


討親

(Pingxiang Gan, Taiwanese Hakka, Huizhou, Eastern Min, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) to take a wife


跳皮

/tʰiːu̯³³ pʰei̯²¹/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ pʰi¹³/

/tʰiːu̯³³ pʰei̯²¹/

/tʰi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ pʰi¹³/

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


晴天子

/t͡ɕin¹³ tʰi̯ẽ³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕin¹³ tʰi̯ẽ³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) sunny day; clear weather; fine weather


蛆婆子

/t͡ɕʰi³³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰi³³ po¹³ t͡sz̩³/


辮韃子

/pi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ta̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

/pi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ ta̠²⁴ t͡sz̩³/


估謎子

/ku³³ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ku³³ me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


出水痘子

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

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


出痘子

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/


出麻子

/t͡sʰu²¹ ma²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ ma̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sʰu²¹ ma²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/t͡ɕʰy²⁴ ma̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

(Sichuanese, Xiang, pathology) to have measles


聖卦

/sən²¹³ kua²¹³/

/ʂən⁴⁵ ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

/sən⁴⁵ ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

/sən²¹³ kua²¹³/

/ʂən⁴⁵ ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

/sən⁴⁵ ku̯a̠⁴⁵/

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) good result in divination using moon blocks (showing with one block flat and another block round)


耳朵眼

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

ㄦˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˇㄦ

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to³ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ⁴² tɤ³⁵⁻⁵ ŋã̠⁴²⁻¹/

/ə³³ to³³ ŋan³³/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴ d̥u̯ɔ⁴ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to³ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ̞⁴¹ to⁴¹ ŋan⁴¹/

/ɤ⁴² tɤ³⁵⁻⁵ ŋã̠⁴²⁻¹/

/ə³³ to³³ ŋan³³/

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

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

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

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

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

2023 February 27, 冯向梅, “二月二”, in 昌吉日报, page 12:

Gāng dǎ de ěrduoyǎn, yánzhèng xiāole hòu jiù zhāshàng cháyèbàng, kěyǐ fángzhǐ ěrduoyǎn fāyán, dòngkǒu cháng zhù, děng mā zǎngòu qián nǐ jiéhūn de shíhou, jiù kěyǐ gěi nǐ mǎi yī fù jīn ěrhuán.

刚打的耳朵眼，炎症消了后就扎上茶叶棒，可以防止耳朵眼发炎，洞口长住，等妈攒够钱你结婚的时候，就可以给你买一副金耳环。

剛打的耳朵眼，炎症消了後就扎上茶葉棒，可以防止耳朵眼發炎，洞口長住，等媽攢夠錢你結婚的時候，就可以給你買一副金耳環。

(Mandarin, Lichuan Gan, Northern Wu, Xiang) earhole; ear-piercing (puncture in the ear)


姪郎

(dialectal Xiang) nephew-in-law (husband of brother's daughter)


娘屋裡

/n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵ ut̚² li¹/

/n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ u²⁴ li³/

/ni̯ɔŋ¹³ u³⁵⁻⁵ li³/

/n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵ ut̚² li¹/

/n̠ʲi̯æn¹³ u²⁴ li³/

/ni̯ɔŋ¹³ u³⁵⁻⁵ li³/

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


頸殼

/t͡ɕi̯ɔ̃⁴² kʰɔ³⁵⁻⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɔ̃⁴² kʰɔ³⁵⁻⁵/


丈老子

/t͡ɕi̯an²¹³⁻³¹ lɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi̯an²¹³⁻³¹ lɑʊ̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

(dialectal Xiang) father-in-law (wife's father)


嬸唧

/ɕin³³ t͡ɕi³/

/ɕin³³ t͡ɕi³/

(dialectal Xiang) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)


耳朵屎

/ɤ⁴² tɤ³⁵⁻⁵ sz̩⁴²⁻¹/

/ə³³ to³³ sz̩³³/

/ɤ⁴² tɤ³⁵⁻⁵ sz̩⁴²⁻¹/

/ə³³ to³³ sz̩³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Xiang, Danyang Wu) earwax


嫚嫚

(dialectal Xiang) paternal aunt (father's younger sister)


姨爺

(Xiang) maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)

> - husband of mother's elder sister; < - husband of mother's younger sister


拳頭牯

/t͡ɕy̯ɛn¹¹ d̥ɘu̯¹¹ ku³/

/t͡ɕy̯ɛn¹¹ d̥ɘu̯¹¹ ku³/


郎牯子

(Xiang) son-in-law (used by the wife's family)


野貓子腳

/i̯a̠⁴¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴/

(Xiang, figurative) someone who cannot manage to stay at home and runs around all the time instead (usually used to criticize children)


呀呀唔

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ i̯a̠⁴⁵ u¹³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ i̯a̠⁴⁵ u¹³/

(Xiang) slovenly; careless and casual (in doing things)


野貓子

/i̯a̠⁴¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ mɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/


野雞子

/i̯a̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠⁴¹ t͡ɕi³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) chicken not raised in one's own home


孝歌子

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ko³³ t͡sz̩³/

/ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵ ko³³ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) song that is sung in front of the casket at night during funerals (the content of which was traditionally about filial piety)


夜歌子

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ko³³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ko³³ t͡sz̩³/


夜精

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

(Xiang) someone who does bad things at night


瞎烏鬧搞

/ɕi̯a̠²⁴ u³³ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹/

/ɕi̯a̠²⁴ u³³ lɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ kɒu̯⁴¹/

(Xiang) to act indiscreetly; to mess around; to act recklessly


下派頭

/ɕi̯a̠⁴⁵ pai̯³ təu̯¹³/

/ɕi̯a̠⁴⁵ pai̯³ təu̯¹³/

(Xiang) to use as pretext to do abominable behavior such as threaten and act shamelessly


下藝

/ɕi̯a̠⁴⁵ n̠ʲi²¹⁻¹¹/

/ɕi̯a̠⁴⁵ n̠ʲi²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) (so-called) lowly crafts of the old society


吃光飯

/t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ ku̯an³³ ɸan²¹⁻¹¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ ku̯an³³ ɸan²¹⁻¹¹/

(Xiang) to eat rice without any side dishes


彩龍船

/t͡sʰai̯⁴¹ l̃ʊŋ¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

/t͡sʰai̯⁴¹ lən¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

/t͡sʰai̯⁴¹ l̃ʊŋ¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

/t͡sʰai̯⁴¹ lən¹³ t͡ɕʰy̯ẽ¹³/

(Xiang) land boat dance (a folk dance performed by a girl gliding about holding a cloth boat followed by a man making rowing movements with an oar, singing a ditty while dancing)


遊馬路

/i̯əu̯¹³ ma̠⁴¹ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/i̯ɔ¹³⁻³³ mɔ⁴² lɤ¹¹⁻¹/

/i̯əu̯¹³ ma̠⁴¹ ləu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/i̯ɔ¹³⁻³³ mɔ⁴² lɤ¹¹⁻¹/

(Xiang, often as a romantic couple) to stroll around the streets; to loiter on the street; to window-shop; to go shopping


青篾

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ mi²¹/

/ˈt͡sʰiaŋ⁴² miɛt̚⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ mi̯e̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰi̯ɔ̃⁴⁴ mi³⁵⁻⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ mi²¹/

/ˈt͡sʰiaŋ⁴² miɛt̚⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³³ mi̯e̞²⁴/

/t͡sʰi̯ɔ̃⁴⁴ mi³⁵⁻⁵/

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


𪐀噠

/n̠ʲi̯a̠¹³ ta̠³/

/n̠ʲi̯a̠¹³ ta̠³/

(Xiang) at once; immediately; without delay; in a minute; soon


夾老倌

/ka̠²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/

/ka̠²⁴ lɒu̯⁴¹ kõ³³/


吃奶子

/t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ lai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ lai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Xiang) to suckle; to suck milk (from a breast, udder, feeding bottle, etc.)


夜間子

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³ t͡sz̩³/

/i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠³ t͡sz̩³/


早禾

/t͡sou̯³⁵ wɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ˈt͡sau²¹³⁻¹³ uo³⁵/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ o¹³/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ wɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ˈt͡sau²¹³⁻¹³ uo³⁵/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ o¹³/

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


雞公車

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

(Hakka, Min, Xiang, dialectal Mandarin) wheelbarrow


天狗吃日頭

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄡˇ ㄔ ㄖˋ ˙ㄊㄡ

тяньгоу чи житоу

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ˈtʰiɛn⁴² kiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ n̠ʲit̚⁵ tʰɛu²/

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

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


米潲水

/mi⁴¹ sɒu̯⁴⁵ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/mi³³ sɑʊ̯³²⁴⁻³¹ su̯i³³/

/mi⁴¹ sɒu̯⁴⁵ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵/

/mi³³ sɑʊ̯³²⁴⁻³¹ su̯i³³/

(Northern Min, Xiang) water in which rice has been washed (as hog wash)


單身公

/tan⁴⁴⁵ ɕin⁴⁴⁵ kɤŋ⁴⁴⁵/

/tan⁴⁴⁵ ɕin⁴⁴⁵ kɤŋ⁴⁴⁵/


㸊水

/lai̯²¹³⁻³¹ ɕy³³/

/lai̯²¹³⁻³¹ ɕy³³/


哭鳥

/kʰu¹¹ ti̯ɑʊ̯³³/

/kʰu¹¹ ti̯ɑʊ̯³³/


妹唧

/mei̯²¹³⁻³¹ t͡ɕi³/

/mei̯²¹³⁻³¹ t͡ɕi³/


洋火蟲

/i̯æn¹³ xo⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/i̯æn¹³ xo⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

/i̯an¹¹ xo³³ d̥͡z̥ɤŋ¹¹/

/i̯æn¹³ xo⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³/

/i̯æn¹³ xo⁴¹ t͡sən¹³/

/i̯an¹¹ xo³³ d̥͡z̥ɤŋ¹¹/


豬婆子

/t͡ɕy⁴⁴⁵ b̥o¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕy⁴⁴⁵ b̥o¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

† - has given birth or used for breeding