鋸仔

Chinese

		a saw; to saw; to mend (china) with staples	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (鋸仔)		鋸	仔
simp. (锯仔)		锯	仔
alternative forms		鋸兒／锯儿 Hakka 鋸欸／锯欸 Hakka

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goe³ zai²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ki-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gi⁴ ê³

• Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̿-ciě
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kù-á / kìr-á / kì-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goe³ zai²
    • Yale: geu jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goe³ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gê³ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœː³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi⁴ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ie³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̿-ciě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky³³ t͡siɛ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-á
    • Tâi-lô: kù-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Tainan): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìr-á
    • Tâi-lô: kìr-á
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kɯ¹²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-á
    • Tâi-lô: kì-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyar
    • IPA (Philippines): /ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

鋸仔

1. (Hakka, Hokkien, Northern Min, dialectal Cantonese) saw (hand tool for cutting wood) (Classifier: 枝 mn)
2. (Cantonese, Hainanese) small saw (Classifier: 把 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋸 (“saw (tool)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋸, 鋸子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鋸
	Taiwan	鋸子
	Harbin	鋸
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鋸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鋸子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鋸
	Wanrong	鋸
	Zhengzhou	鋸
	Xi'an	鋸
	Xining	鋸子
	Xuzhou	鋸子, 鋸
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鋸子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	鋸子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鋸
	Lanzhou	鋸子
	Ürümqi	鋸子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鋸子
	Wuhan	鋸子, 鋸
	Guiyang	鋸子
	Guilin	鋸子
	Liuzhou	鋸子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鋸子
	Yangzhou	鋸子
	Hefei	鋸子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鋸
	Hong Kong	鋸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鋸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鋸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鋸仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鋸仔
	Macau	鋸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鋸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鋸仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鋸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鋸
	Foshan	鋸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鋸
	Foshan (Shunde)	鋸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鋸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鋸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鋸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鋸
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鋸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鋸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鋸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鋸
	Taishan	鋸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鋸
	Enping (Niujiang)	鋸
	Heshan (Yayao)	鋸
	Dongguan	鋸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鋸
	Yangjiang	鋸
	Nanning	鋸
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鋸
	Danzhou	鋸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鋸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鋸
Gan	Nanchang	鋸子, 鋸
	Lichuan	鋸
	Pingxiang	鋸
Hakka	Meixian	鋸仔, 鋸
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鋸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鋸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鋸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鋸
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	鋸哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鋸哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	鋸哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	鋸哩
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鋸
	Jiexi	鋸
	Luhe	鋸仔
	Yudu	鋸子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鋸仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鋸仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鋸仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鋸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鋸仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鋸
	Hong Kong	鋸仔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鋸仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	鋸
Huizhou	Jixi	鋸
Jin	Taiyuan	鋸子, 鋸兒, 鋸
	Pingyao	鋸兒
	Xinzhou	鋸子
	Hohhot	鋸子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鋸仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	鋸
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	鋸仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	鋸仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鋸, 鋸囝
	Fuqing	鋸
Southern Min	Xiamen	鋸仔
	Quanzhou	鋸仔
	Zhangzhou	鋸仔
	Dongshan	鋸仔
	Taipei	鋸仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鋸仔
	Kaohsiung	鋸仔
	Tainan	鋸仔
	Kinmen	鋸仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鋸仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鋸仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	鋸仔
	Longyan	鋸仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鋸
	Chaozhou	鋸
	Shantou	鋸
	Haifeng	鋸仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鋸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鋸
	Wenchang	鋸
	Haikou	鋸
Puxian Min	Putian	鋸囝
	Putian (Jiangkou)	鋸囝
	Putian (Nanri)	鋸囝
	Xianyou	鋸
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鋸
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鋸
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鋸
	Sanxiang	鋸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鋸
Wu	Shanghai	鋸子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鋸子
	Suzhou	鋸子
	Danyang	解鋸, 鋸, 鋸子
	Hangzhou	鋸子
	Ningbo	鋸
	Wenzhou	鋸
	Jinhua	鋸
Xiang	Changsha	鋸子
	Loudi	鋸
	Shuangfeng	鋸子, 鋸

• (small saw): (Lichuan) 鋸崽／锯崽, (Xi'an Mandarin) 鋸鋸兒／锯锯儿