耳洞

Chinese

		ear	cave; hole
trad. (耳洞)		耳	洞
simp. #(耳洞)		耳	洞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrdòng
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-tung⁴
    • Yale: ěr-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eeldonq
    • Palladius: эрдун (erdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ dung⁶
    • Yale: yíh duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʊŋ²²/

Noun

耳洞

1. earhole; ear-piercing

   打耳洞  ―  dǎ ěrdòng  ―  to have one's ears pierced

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳洞 (“earhole; ear-piercing”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳洞
Mandarin	Beijing	耳朵眼兒
	Taiwan	耳洞
	Harbin	耳朵眼兒
	Yantai (Muping)	耳朵眼兒
	Jinan	耳朵眼兒
	Wanrong	耳朵眼兒
	Xi'an	耳朵窟窿
	Yinchuan	耳朵眼子
	Lanzhou	耳朵眼子
	Xining	耳朵眼兒
	Ürümqi	耳朵眼眼子
	Wuhan	耳洞眼
	Chengdu	耳朵洞洞, 耳朵眼眼
	Xuzhou	耳朵眼兒, 耳眼兒
	Nanjing	耳朵眼兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	耳窿
Gan	Lichuan	耳朵眼
	Pingxiang	戴耳環個眼
Jin	Taiyuan	耳朵眼眼
	Xinzhou	耳朵窟兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳鉤空
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵眼
	Suzhou	耳朵眼
	Ningbo	耳朵洞眼
	Wenzhou	耳朵窟
Xiang	Changsha	耳朵眼