Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Rime
|
Character
|
耵
|
聹
|
聹
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
Initial (聲)
|
端 (5)
|
泥 (8)
|
泥 (8)
|
Final (韻)
|
青 (125)
|
青 (125)
|
青 (125)
|
Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Rising (X)
|
Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Division (等)
|
IV
|
IV
|
IV
|
Fanqie
|
都挺切
|
奴丁切
|
乃挺切
|
Baxter
|
tengX
|
neng
|
nengX
|
Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang Shangfang
|
/teŋX/
|
/neŋ/
|
/neŋX/
|
Pan Wuyun
|
/teŋX/
|
/neŋ/
|
/neŋX/
|
Shao Rongfen
|
/tɛŋX/
|
/nɛŋ/
|
/nɛŋX/
|
Edwin Pulleyblank
|
/tɛjŋX/
|
/nɛjŋ/
|
/nɛjŋX/
|
Li Rong
|
/teŋX/
|
/neŋ/
|
/neŋX/
|
Wang Li
|
/tieŋX/
|
/nieŋ/
|
/nieŋX/
|
Bernard Karlgren
|
/tieŋX/
|
/nieŋ/
|
/nieŋX/
|
Expected Mandarin Reflex
|
dǐng
|
níng
|
nǐng
|
Expected Cantonese Reflex
|
ding2
|
ning4
|
ning5
|
Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
Character
|
耵
|
聹
|
聹
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
No.
|
2388
|
9559
|
9560
|
Phonetic component
|
丁
|
寧
|
寧
|
Rime group
|
耕
|
耕
|
耕
|
Rime subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding MC rime
|
頂
|
寧
|
𩕳
|
Old Chinese
|
/*teːŋʔ/
|
/*neːŋ/
|
/*neːŋʔ/
|
Notes
|
見靈樞
|
見靈樞
|
見靈樞
|
耵聹
- (literary or formal) earwax; cerumen
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
耳垢 (“earwax”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
耳垢, 耵聹
|
Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
耳屎, 耳殘
|
Taiwan
|
耳屎
|
Bayanhot
|
耳塞
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
耳塞子, 耳纏, 耳碎
|
Harbin
|
耳殘, 耳屎
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
耳蛹兒
|
Jinan
|
耳髓
|
Luoyang
|
耳塞
|
Wanrong
|
耳塞子
|
Zhengzhou
|
耳次
|
Xi'an
|
耳塞
|
Yinchuan
|
耳屎
|
Lanzhou
|
耳屎
|
Xining
|
耳塞
|
Ürümqi
|
耳塞
|
Wuhan
|
耳塞, 耳㞎㞎
|
Chengdu
|
耳屎
|
Guiyang
|
耳屎
|
Kunming
|
耳屎
|
Guilin
|
耳屎
|
Liuzhou
|
耳屎
|
Xuzhou
|
耳碎, 耳碎子, 耳屎
|
Yangzhou
|
耳屎
|
Nanjing
|
耳屎
|
Nantong
|
耳屎
|
Singapore
|
耳屎
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
耳屎
|
Hong Kong
|
耳屎
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
耳屎
|
Foshan
|
耳屎
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
耳屎
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
耳屎
|
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
耳屎
|
Taishan
|
耳屎
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
耳屎
|
Dongguan
|
耳屎
|
Shaoguan
|
耳屎
|
Yunfu
|
耳屎
|
Xinyi
|
耳屎
|
Lianjiang
|
耳屎
|
Nanning
|
耳屎
|
Wuzhou
|
耳屎
|
Yulin
|
耳屎
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
耳屎
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
耳屎
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
耳屎
|
Lichuan
|
耳屎
|
Pingxiang
|
耳屎
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
耳屎
|
Yudu
|
耳屎
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
耳屎
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
耳屎
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
耳屎
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
耳屎
|
Hong Kong
|
耳屎
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
耳屎
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
耳屎
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
耳朵屎
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
耳柴, 耳碎
|
Xinzhou
|
耳心
|
Hohhot
|
耳塞
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
耳仔屎, 耳川屎
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
耳屎
|
Fuqing
|
耳屎
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
耳屎
|
Quanzhou
|
耳屎
|
Zhangzhou
|
耳屎, 耳空屎
|
Taipei
|
耳屎
|
Kaohsiung
|
耳屎
|
Yilan
|
耳屎
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
耳屎
|
Taichung
|
耳屎
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
耳屎
|
Tainan
|
耳屎
|
Taitung
|
耳屎
|
Hsinchu
|
耳屎
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
耳屎
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
耳仔屎
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
耳屎
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
耳屎
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
耳屎
|
Chaozhou
|
耳屎
|
Shantou
|
耳屎
|
Haifeng
|
耳屎
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
Leizhou
|
耳屎
|
Wenchang
|
耳屎
|
Haikou
|
耳屎
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
耳屎, 耳朵屎
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
耳朵屎
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
耳馬
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
新人惡
|
Suzhou
|
膜
|
Danyang
|
耳朵屎
|
Hangzhou
|
耳朵污
|
Ningbo
|
耳朵屙
|
Wenzhou
|
耳朵惡
|
Jinhua
|
耳朵涴
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
耳屎
|
Xiangtan
|
耳屎
|
Loudi
|
耳屎, 耳朵屎
|
Quanzhou
|
耳朵屎, 耳屎
|
Derived terms[edit]