耳垂

See also: 耳垂れ

Chinese

		ear	to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
trad. (耳垂)		耳	垂
simp. #(耳垂)		耳	垂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrchuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ seoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǐ-sûi / hī-sûi / ní-sûi / jíⁿ-sûi / hīⁿ-thûi / hī-thûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrchuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrchuéi
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-chʻui²
    • Yale: ěr-chwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelchwei
    • Palladius: эрчуй (erčuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrchuír
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrchuéir
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-chʻui²-ʼrh
    • Yale: ěr-chwéir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelchwel
    • Palladius: эрчуйр (erčujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯əɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ seoi⁴
    • Yale: yíh sèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ soey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ sêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǐ-sûi
    • Tâi-lô: hǐ-suî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi²² sui²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-sûi
    • Tâi-lô: hī-suî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixsuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi²²⁻²¹ sui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ sui¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní-sûi
    • Tâi-lô: ní-suî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nysuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jíⁿ-sûi
    • Tâi-lô: jínn-suî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jvysuii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Wanhua, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-thûi
    • Tâi-lô: hīnn-thuî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvixtuii
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-thûi
    • Tâi-lô: hī-thuî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixtuii

Noun

耳垂

1. earlobe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳垂 (“earlobe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳垂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	耳垂兒
	Taiwan	耳垂
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	耳朵垂兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	耳垂兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耳道垂兒
	Wanrong	耳垂
	Xi'an	耳朵蛋蛋子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耳墜子
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	耳垂子, 耳朵垂垂子
	Ürümqi	耳垂子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	耳朵垂兒, 耳垂兒, 耳朵垂子, 耳垂子, 耳墜子
	Yangzhou	耳垂子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳珠
	Hong Kong	耳珠
	Taishan	耳珠
Gan	Lichuan	耳耳兒
Hakka	Meixian	耳珠仔
	Yudu	耳朵尾, 耳朵垂子, 耳朵珠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳砣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳珠仔, 耳砣仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳砣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳砣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳砣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳砣
Jin	Taiyuan	耳朵垂垂
	Xinzhou	耳朵撲穗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳珠仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳臍, 耳墜
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳珠, 耳墜
	Quanzhou	耳珠, 耳墜
	Jinjiang	耳仔尾
	Zhangzhou	耳珠, 耳墜, 耳礅仔
	Taipei	耳垂
	Kaohsiung	耳脣
	Yilan	耳蒂仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	耳脣
	Taichung	耳垂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	耳珠
	Tainan	耳儼肚
	Taitung	耳珠仔
	Hsinchu	耳珠
	Penghu (Magong)	耳垂
	Manila (Hokkien)	耳珠
	Leizhou	耳槌, 耳婆尾
	Haikou	耳錢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳朵珠, 耳朵椗
Wu	Shanghai	耳朵堆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵根
	Danyang	耳朵垂
	Ningbo	耳朵墜, 耳朵宕頭
	Wenzhou	耳朵垂兒
Xiang	Loudi	耳珠

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (耳垂):

• → Korean: 이수(耳垂) (isu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
耳	垂
みみ Grade: 1	た(れ) > だ(れ) Grade: 6
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 耳垂 – see the following entry.

【耳垂みみだれ】 [noun] ear discharge [noun] (orthography) a question mark Alternative spelling 耳だれ

(This term, 耳垂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
耳	垂

Noun

耳垂 • (isu) (hangeul 이수)

1. Hanja form^? of 이수 (“earlobe”).