硯瓦

Chinese

		ink-stone	tile
trad. (硯瓦)		硯	瓦
simp. (砚瓦)		砚	瓦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànwǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄚˇ

• Jin (Wiktionary): ie³ va²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànwǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànwǎ
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-wa³
    • Yale: yàn-wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannwoa
    • Palladius: яньва (janʹva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie³ va²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵ va⁵³/

Noun

硯瓦

1. (regional) inkstone; ink slab (Classifier: 方 m)

   • 秦鐘剛轉出身來，聽得腦後颼的一聲，早見一方硯瓦飛來，並不知係何人打來，卻打在賈藍賈菌的座上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     秦钟刚转出身来，听得脑后飕的一声，早见一方砚瓦飞来，并不知系何人打来，却打在贾蓝贾菌的座上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Qín Zhōng gāng zhuǎn chū shēn lái, tīng de nǎohòu sōu de yī shēng, zǎo jiàn yī fāng yànwǎ fēi lái, bìng bùzhī xì hérén dǎ lái, què dǎ zài Jiǎ Lán Jiǎ Jùn de zuò shàng. [Pinyin]

     Just when Qin Zhong turned over, he heard a swoosh behind his head. He saw an inkstone flying over, but didn't know who flung it over, and it landed on the seats of Jia Lan and Jia Jun.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 硯臺 (“inkstone; ink slab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		硯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硯臺
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	硯臺
	Taiwan	硯臺
	Chengde	硯臺
	Chifeng	硯臺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	硯臺
	Heihe	硯臺, 墨盤兒
	Qiqihar	硯臺
	Harbin	硯臺, 墨盤, 墨盤子
	Jiamusi	硯臺, 墨盤
	Baicheng	硯臺, 墨盤
	Changchun	墨盤
	Tonghua	墨盤
	Shenyang	硯臺, 墨盤子
	Jinzhou	硯臺, 墨盤子, 墨盤兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	硯臺
	Tangshan	硯臺
	Cangzhou	硯臺
	Baoding	硯臺
	Shijiazhuang	硯臺
	Lijin	硯臺
	Jinan	硯臺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	硯臺
	Dandong	硯臺, 墨盤
	Yantai	硯臺
	Yantai (Muping)	墨盤子, 墨石盤子
	Qingdao	硯臺
	Zhucheng	硯臺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	硯花
	Lingbao	硯汪
	Jining	硯臺, 硯汪兒
	Wanrong	硯凹
	Linfen	硯窩兒
	Shangqiu	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Yuanyang	硯臺, 硯花
	Zhengzhou	硯臺
	Xinyang	硯瓦
	Xi'an	硯臺, 硯瓦 usually coarse
	Baoji	硯臺
	Tianshui	硯瓦
	Xining	硯臺
	Xuzhou	硯臺, 墨羅子 large
	Fuyang	硯臺, 硯瓦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	硯臺, 硯窩, 硯瓦
	Lanzhou	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Dunhuang	硯臺
	Hami	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Ürümqi	硯臺, 硯瓦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	墨盤, 墨盤兒, 硯臺
	Nanchong	硯臺, 墨盤
	Dazhou	硯臺, 墨盤兒
	Hanyuan	硯臺
	Xichang	硯臺, 墨盤
	Zigong	墨盤
	Chongqing	墨盤兒
	Wuhan	硯池, 硯盤, 硯臺, 墨盤
	Yichang	硯臺, 墨盤
	Xiangyang	硯臺, 墨盤, 硯窩
	Tianmen	硯臺, 硯盤
	Guiyang	硯臺, 墨盤
	Zunyi	硯臺
	Bijie	硯臺
	Liping	硯碗, 墨碗
	Zhaotong	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Dali	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Kunming	硯臺, 硯瓦, 墨盤
	Mengzi	硯瓦
	Guilin	硯池
	Liuzhou	硯, 墨盤
	Jishou	硯子
	Changde	硯臺
	Hanzhong	硯臺, 硯盤
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	硯臺, 墨池 large, bowl-shaped
	Yangzhou	硯臺
	Lianyungang	硯臺, 墨海
	Lianshui	硯臺
	Nantong	硯臺
	Anqing	硯臺
	Wuhu	硯臺
	Hefei	硯臺
	Hong'an	硯臺, 硯池
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	硯瓦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	墨硯
	Hong Kong	墨硯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	墨瓦
	Macau	墨硯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	墨硯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	墨硯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	墨硯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	墨硯
	Foshan	墨硯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	墨面盤
	Foshan (Shunde)	墨硯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	墨硯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	墨硯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	墨硯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	墨硯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	墨碗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	墨硯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	墨硯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	墨硯
	Taishan	墨硯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	墨硯
	Enping (Niujiang)	墨硯
	Heshan (Yayao)	墨硯
	Dongguan	墨硯, 墨瓦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	墨硯
	Yangjiang	墨硯
Gan	Nanchang	硯臺
	Lichuan	面瓦
	Pingxiang	墨盤
Hakka	Meixian	墨硯盤, 硯盤, 墨硯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	墨瓦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	墨盤
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	墨湖
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	墨盒
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	墨盤
	Yudu	墨盤
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	墨盤
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	墨盤
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	墨盤
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	墨盤
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	墨盤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	墨盤
Huizhou	Jixi	硯瓦
	Shexian	硯瓦, 月瓦
Jin	Taiyuan	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Pingyao	硯瓦
	Yangyuan	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Datong	硯瓦
	Xinzhou	硯瓦
	Lüliang (Lishi)	硯瓦
	Changzhi	硯瓦
	Linhe	硯瓦
	Jining	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Hohhot	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Erenhot	硯臺, 硯瓦
	Pingshan	硯瓦
	Zhangjiakou	硯臺
	Handan	硯臺, 硯盒
	Linzhou	硯瓦
	Suide	硯瓦兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	硯瓦盤
	Songxi	硯瓦
	Zhenghe	硯瓦盤
	Wuyishan	硯瓦
	Pucheng (Shibei)	硯瓦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	硯
	Fuqing	硯
Southern Min	Xiamen	硯, 墨盤, 墨硯
	Quanzhou	硯, 墨硯
	Yongchun	硯
	Zhangzhou	硯, 墨盤, 墨硯
	Zhao'an	墨硯
	Taipei	墨盤
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	墨盤
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	墨盤
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	墨盤
	Kaohsiung	墨硯, 墨盤
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	墨盤
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	烏墨盤
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	墨盤
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	墨盤, 墨硯
	Yilan	墨盤
	Yilan (Toucheng)	墨盤
	Changhua (Lukang)	墨盤
	Taichung	墨盤
	Tainan	墨盤, 墨硯
	Tainan (Anping)	墨盤
	Hsinchu	墨盤
	Kinmen	墨硯, 硯
	Penghu (Magong)	硯
	Penghu (Xiyu)	墨盤, 硯
	Penang (Hokkien)	烏墨盤
	Longyan	墨盤
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	墨盤
	Datian	硯仔, 墨海 large
	Shunchang (Pushang)	硯
	Chaozhou	硯, 墨硯
	Shantou	硯, 墨硯
	Shantou (Chenghai)	墨硯
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	墨硯
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	墨硯
	Jieyang	硯, 墨硯
	Wenchang	硯
	Haikou	硯
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	硯
	Fuding (Aoyao)	墨硯
Central Min	Yong'an	墨碗
	Sanming (Shaxian)	硯瓦
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	硯瓦, 硯碗
	Guangze	墨瓦
	Jiangle	青煙瓦
	Mingxi	墨瓦
	Shunchang	墨盤
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	墨盒
	Sanxiang	墨硯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	硯瓦
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	硯岩, 墨岩
Wu	Shanghai	硯臺
	Shanghai (Chongming)	硯臺
	Suzhou	硯瓦
	Danyang	硯瓦臺
	Hangzhou	硯瓦
	Ningbo	硯瓦爿, 硯墨爿
	Wenzhou	硯瓦
	Jinhua	硯碗
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	墨鑊
Xiang	Changsha	硯池, 墨硯池
	Loudi	硯池
	Shuangfeng	硯池