尿

/n̠ʲi̯ɒu̯²¹/

/n̠ʲi̯ɒu̯²¹/

Pictogram (象形) in the oracle bone script - an urinating man. In the seal script, it became an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 尾 (“tail”) + 水 (“water”). 尾 later simplified into 尸 (“body”).
Related to Proto-Tai *niəwᴮ (“urine”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

(Ürümqi Mandarin) smug; cocky; pleased with oneself


爭

→ Vietnamese: giành

Pictogram (象形) – two hands on a plowshare. The two hands are still visibile on top of the character (爪 and 彐), while the plowshare looks like a vertical hook in modern writing.
; "to dispute; to fight; to contend; to strive"
; "to lack; to owe"

He's way too argumentative, he can't hang out with anyone.

Tā nàge rén tài zhēng liē, hé shéi dōu chù bùhǎo.

他那個人太爭咧，和誰都處不好。

他那个人太争咧，和谁都处不好。

Open up your pocket, let's put it in there.

Bǎ kǒudài zhēng kāi, hǎo wǎng lǐ zhuāng.

把口袋爭開，好往裡裝。

把口袋争开，好往里装。


油蟲

/joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

/joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Huizhou, dialectal Wu, Waxiang, Dong'an Tuhua) cockroach


夜天

/ˈia¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴²/

/ˈia¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴²/


老娘

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lau²¹³⁻¹³ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lau²¹³⁻¹³ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɑŋ⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɑŋ⁴/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

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


姪女子

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ ny⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/t͡səʔ⁵⁴⁻² ny⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sz̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ ny⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/t͡səʔ⁵⁴⁻² ny⁵³ t͡səʔ¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡sz̩²⁴ n̠ʲy⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Dungan, Jin, Xiang) fraternal niece (brother's daughter)

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


打霜

/ta²¹³⁻¹³ sɔŋ⁴²/

/tã³³ sɑ̃⁴⁴/

/ta̠⁴¹ ɕy̯æn³³/

/ta²¹³⁻¹³ sɔŋ⁴²/

/tã³³ sɑ̃⁴⁴/

/ta̠⁴¹ ɕy̯æn³³/

(Ürümqi Mandarin) The 18th of the 24 solar terms around 23 or 24 October, when hoarfrost descends and is likely to bring the first film of ice


外後天

/ŋai̯²¹⁻¹¹ xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

/ŋai̯²¹⁻¹¹ xəu̯²¹⁻¹¹ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

two days after tomorrow
two days after tomorrow

(Wuhan and Ürümqi Mandarin, Jin, Xiang) three days from now; two days after tomorrow


肉皮子

/zəu²¹³ pʰi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ʐəu⁴⁵ pʰi¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

/zəu²¹³ pʰi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/

/ʐəu⁴⁵ pʰi¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

(Ürümqi and Yinchuan Mandarin, Jin) human skin


外母娘

/vɛ⁴⁴ mou²⁴ niɑŋ²⁴/

/vɛ⁴⁴ mou²⁴ niɑŋ²⁴/

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


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


眉頭子

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Dungan) brows (ridge over the eyes)


燕雞子

/iæ̃⁴⁴ t͡ɕi²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/iæ̃⁴⁴ t͡ɕi²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Dungan) swallow (bird)


牛娃子

(Ürümqi Mandarin, Dungan, Jin) calf (young cow or bull)


米釐

/mɐi̯¹³ lei̯²¹/

/miɪʔ¹¹ liɪʔ²³/

/mɐi̯¹³ lei̯²¹/

/miɪʔ¹¹ liɪʔ²³/

八米釐

八米厘

(dialectal, including Ürümqi Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu) millimetre


立馬兒

/li⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/liəʔ²² mɑ⁵⁵ əl²¹/

/li⁵¹ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/liəʔ²² mɑ⁵⁵ əl²¹/

(Beijing and Ürümqi Mandarin, Hangzhounese) Erhua form of 立馬／立马 (lìmǎ, “immediately; at once”).


溜娃子

(Ürümqi Mandarin) hooligan; scumbag; scoundrel


沙窩子

/ʂä⁵⁵ wɔ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/ʂä⁵⁵ wɔ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/


列巴

/li̯ɛ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

/li̯ɛ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

Borrowed from Russian хлеб (xleb, “bread”).

bor+

(chiefly Heilongjiang Mandarin, Ürümqi Mandarin) bread; especially Russian-style bread