縫縫

Chinese

		crack; seam; to sew crack; seam; to sew; to stitch	crack; seam; to sew crack; seam; to sew; to stitch
trad. (縫縫)		縫	縫
simp. (缝缝)		缝	缝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fong⁴ fong^4-1

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶von-von

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fong⁴ fong^4-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fungfung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ²¹³ foŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶von-von
    • MiniDict: von^去 von
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³von-von
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /voŋ²² voŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

縫縫

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) crack; crevice; chink
2. (Sichuanese) opportunity; chance

Synonyms

• (crevice):

• 坼坼 (⁷tshaq-tshaq) (Wu)
• 必痕 (Hokkien)
• 必縫／必缝 (Hokkien)
• 必巡 (Hokkien)
• 空縫／空缝 (Hokkien)
• 空隙 (kòngxì)
• 縫／缝 (fèng)
• 縫仔／缝仔 (Hakka)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 縫隙／缝隙 (fèngxì)
• 裂痕 (lièhén)
• 裂縫／裂缝 (lièfèng)
• 豁豁 (⁷huaq-huaq) (Wu)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 縫 (“gap; crack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		縫, 罅隙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	縫兒
	Harbin	縫子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	縫兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	縫兒
	Wanrong	縫兒
	Xi'an	縫子
	Xuzhou	縫子, 縫兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	縫縫
	Wuhan	縫縫, 縫
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	縫
	Hefei	縫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	罅
	Hong Kong	罅
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	罅
	Macau	罅
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	罅
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	罅
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	罅
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	罅
	Foshan	罅
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	罅
	Foshan (Shunde)	罅
	Foshan (Sanshui)	罅
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	罅
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	罅
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	罅
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	罅
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	裂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	裂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	罅
	Taishan	罅
	Kaiping (Chikan)	罅
	Enping (Niujiang)	罅
	Heshan (Yayao)	罅
	Dongguan	罅
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	罅
	Yangjiang	罅
Gan	Nanchang	縫
Hakka	Meixian	必罅, 縫
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	罅
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	罅
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	罅
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	罅
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	裂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	縫仔, 罅
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	縫仔, 罅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	縫仔, 罅
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	縫, 罅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	縫仔, 縫, 罅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	縫
Jin	Taiyuan	縫兒, 縫縫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	縫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	縫縫
Southern Min	Xiamen	縫
	Chaozhou	縫
	Leizhou	縫
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	罅
Wu	Shanghai	縫, 縫縫
	Suzhou	縫縫, 縫
	Wenzhou	縫
	Jinhua	縫
Xiang	Changsha	縫
	Shuangfeng	罅

• (opportunity):

• 商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
• 因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
• 契機／契机 (qìjī)
• 戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
• 時機／时机 (shíjī)
• 機會／机会 (jīhuì)
• 機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
• 火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
• 空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
• 空隙 (kòngxì)
• 節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
• 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)