挖耳子

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	handles on two sides
trad. (挖耳子)		挖	耳子
simp. #(挖耳子)		挖	耳子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wa¹ er³ zi^3-2

• Gan (Wiktionary): ua¹ eo zi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ua⁶ e³ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wa¹ er³ zi^3-2
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uarz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵⁵ ɚ⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ua¹ eo zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁴² ɵ² t͡sz̩¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ua⁶ e³ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠²⁴ ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

挖耳子

1. (Ürümqi Mandarin, Sichuanese, Gan, Xiang) earpick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳挖子 (“earpick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳挖子, 耳勺子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	耳挖勺兒, 耳挖子, 消息兒, 耳捻子
	Taiwan	耳挖子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	耳彎勺兒, 挖耳勺兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	耳勺兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	挖耳勺兒
	Xi'an	挖耳勺兒
	Xining	耳挖子
	Xuzhou	耳挖子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	挖耳子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挖耳子
	Wuhan	挖耳
	Guiyang	挖耳瓢
	Liuzhou	挖耳瓢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	耳扒, 耳挖子
	Yangzhou	耳扒子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳挖
	Hong Kong	耳挖
	Taishan	耳挖, 耳屎捋
	Dongguan	耳搭
Gan	Nanchang	挖耳子, 挖耳耙子
	Lichuan	耳屎耙, 耳屎耙兒
	Pingxiang	耳屎耙子, 挖耳耙子
Hakka	Meixian	耳耙仔
	Yudu	耳挖子
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵挖, 耳朵扒
Jin	Taiyuan	挖匙子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳耙仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳扒, 耳扒囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息
	Quanzhou	鉤耳仔, 消息
	Zhangzhou	鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息
	Tainan	耳扒仔, 鉤耳
	Leizhou	鉤耳仔
	Haikou	耳挖, 耳鉤, 挖耳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳挖, 挖耳殼
Wu	Shanghai	挖耳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挖耳
	Suzhou	挖耳
	Danyang	耳朵扒子
	Hangzhou	耳勺兒
	Ningbo	挖耳, 耳朵彎
	Wenzhou	耳朵爬兒
	Jinhua	耳朵挖兒, 挖耳
Xiang	Changsha	挖耳子
	Loudi	挖耳子