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Chinese [ edit ]
hand; convenient; ‑er
cane, walking stick
simp. and trad. (手杖 )
手
杖
Pronunciation [ edit ]
手杖
walking stick ; cane (Classifier : 個 / 个 m ; 把 m )
Usage notes [ edit ]
In Mandarin, 拐杖 (guǎizhàng ) is the most commonly used term for walking stick . By contrast, 手杖 (shǒuzhàng ) can be used to describe a cane that has other uses, such as hiking or scaring away wild snakes.
Synonyms [ edit ]
扶杖 ( fúzhàng ) ( literary ) 拐 ( guǎi ) 拐子 ( guǎizi ) 拄拐 ( zhǔguǎi ) ( literary ) 拐杖 ( guǎizhàng ) 拄杖 ( zhǔzhàng ) ( literary ) 拐棍 ( guǎigùn ) 文明棍 ( wénmínggùn ) ( dated ) 青藜 ( qīnglí ) ( literary )
Dialectal synonyms of
拐杖 (“walking stick”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
拐杖 , 拐棍 , 手杖 , 文明棍 dated
Mandarin
Beijing
拐棍兒
Taiwan
拐杖
Harbin
拐棍兒 , 拐杖 , 手杖 , 文明棍兒 dated
Yantai (Muping)
拐 , 拐棍兒 , 手杖
Jinan
拐棍 , 拄棒 , 手杖 , 文明棍兒 dated
Luoyang
拐棍兒
Wanrong
拐拐 , 文明棍兒
Xi'an
拐拐兒 , 拐棍兒 , 文明棍兒
Yinchuan
拐棍 , 文明棍
Lanzhou
拐棍 , 文明棍子
Xining
拐棍 , 文明棍
Ürümqi
拐棍兒
Wuhan
拐棍 , 文明棍子 dated , 文明棍 dated
Chengdu
拐棍兒 , 拐棍 , 手棍兒 , 文明棍兒 , 文明棍
Guiyang
拐棍 , 拐杖 , 杵手棍 , 自由棍 , 文明棍
Liuzhou
拐棍 , 司啲棍
Xuzhou
拐棍兒 , 拐杖 , 文明棍兒 , 斯提克 dated
Yangzhou
拐棍
Nanjing
拐棍 , 拐杖 , 文明棍
Hefei
拐棍
Singapore
拐杖
Cantonese
Guangzhou
拐杖 , 拐 , 士的
Hong Kong
拐杖 , 士的
Taishan
士的
Dongguan
拐杖 , 士的
Yangjiang
拐杖 , 士的
Gan
Nanchang
拐棍 , 文明棍
Lichuan
老人棒 , 文明棍
Pingxiang
拄手棍 , 自由棍子 dated , 西洋棍 dated
Hakka
Meixian
杖仔 , 手杖 , 短㓤仔
Huizhou
Jixi
戳拐
Jin
Taiyuan
拐棍 , 拐棍兒 , 文明棍
Xinzhou
拐棍 , 文明棍兒
Northern Min
Jian'ou
杖仔 , 文明杖
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
具具 , 杖杖 , 老具 , 具杖 , 老杖
Southern Min
Xiamen
拐仔 , 手拐 , 洞葛
Quanzhou
拐仔 , 手拐 , 洞葛
Zhangzhou
拐仔 , 手拐 , 洞葛
Taipei
拐仔
New Taipei (Sanxia)
拐仔
Kaohsiung
拐仔
Yilan
拐仔
Changhua (Lukang)
拐仔
Taichung
拐仔
Tainan
拐仔
Hsinchu
拐仔
Kinmen
洞葛 , 拐仔
Penghu (Magong)
拐仔
Penang (Hokkien)
洞葛
Singapore (Hokkien)
洞葛
Chaozhou
洞葛
Jieyang
洞葛
Singapore (Teochew)
洞葛
Leizhou
杖
Haikou
手棍 , 士的
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
拐棍 , 拐棒 , 士的棍
Wu
Shanghai
拐杖 , 司的克 , 撐壓棒 , 撐行棒
Shanghai (Chongming)
老鰥棒 , 司的克
Suzhou
拐杖 , 拄拐 , 司的克
Danyang
拐棒
Hangzhou
拐杖兒 , 司的克
Ningbo
按杖棒 , 按拄杖 , 司的克
Wenzhou
棒拄 , 司的克
Jinhua
拐兒 , 妒拐兒 , 司的克
Jinhua (Tangxi)
棍杖
Xiang
Changsha
拐棍 , 戳手棍 , 自由棍 , 文明棍
Loudi
戳手棍 , 文明棍 , 欑路棍
Shuangfeng
戳手棍 , 杖