腋毛

Chinese

		armpit	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (腋毛)		腋	毛
simp. #(腋毛)		腋	毛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèmáo, yìmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠˊ, ㄧˋ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ mou⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸yiq-mau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèmáo
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-mao²
    • Yale: yè-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmau
    • Palladius: емао (jemao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèmáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèmáor
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-mao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yè-máur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmaul
    • Palladius: емаор (jemaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmáo
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-mao²
    • Yale: yì-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmau
    • Palladius: имао (imao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmáor
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-mao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yì-máur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmaul
    • Palladius: имаор (imaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ mou⁴
    • Yale: yihk mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² mou̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸yiq-mau
    • MiniDict: yih^入 mau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhiq-mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɪʔ¹¹ mɔ²³/

Noun

腋毛

1. armpit hair; underarm hair

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 腋毛 (“armpit hair; underarm hair”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腋毛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	腋毛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	胳肋底毛
Gan	Pingxiang	脅毛
Wu	Shanghai	胳肢毛, 腋毛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	胳落毛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腋	毛
わき Hyōgaiji	け > げ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 脇毛(わきげ) (wakige)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠kʲiɡe̞]

Noun

腋(わき)毛(げ) • (wakige) 

1. armpit hair; underarm hair