挑針子

Chinese

		incite; carry on a pole; choose	needle; pin; injection	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (挑針子)		挑	針	子
simp. (挑针子)		挑	针	子

Pronunciation

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'tieu¹ ziin¹ zi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tiau¹ zhen¹ zr

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• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'tieu¹ ziin¹ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰiɛu⁴² t͡sɨn⁴² t͡sz̩²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tiau¹ zhen¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ ʈ͡ʂən³³ t͡sz̩³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tʰi̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sən³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

挑針子

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥粒腫 (“stye; hordeolum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥粒腫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	針眼
	Taiwan	針眼
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	橛眼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	偷針
	Ürümqi	眼角兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	挑針
	Liuzhou	刁針
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	偷針顆
	Yangzhou	偷針眼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼挑針
	Hong Kong	眼挑針
	Dongguan	眼珠針, 眼雕針
Gan	Nanchang	挑針子, 挑針
	Lichuan	挑針
	Pingxiang	挑針
Hakka	Meixian	目𬏛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	目𬏛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	赤目
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	目針
	Quanzhou	目針
	Zhangzhou	目針, 狗針
	Zhao'an	目針
	Taipei	目屎針
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	目屎針
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	目針
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	目針
	Kaohsiung	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	目狗針
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	目狗針
	Yilan	目針
	Yilan (Toucheng)	目針
	Changhua (Lukang)	目針
	Taichung	目針
	Tainan	目屎針
	Tainan (Anping)	目狗針
	Hsinchu	目針
	Kinmen	目針
	Penghu (Magong)	目針
	Penghu (Xiyu)	目針
	Penang (Hokkien)	目針
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目針
	Shantou	目針
	Shantou (Chenghai)	目針
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	目針
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	目針
	Jieyang	目針, 目橌, 目狗針
	Haikou	目針
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷針眼
Wu	Shanghai	偷針眼, 偷籽眼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	偷眵眼
	Danyang	偷針
	Ningbo	偷針
Xiang	Changsha	挑針子