鉗子

See also: 钳子

Chinese

		pincers; pliers; tongs pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (鉗子)		鉗	子
simp. (钳子)		钳	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chyán-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan.tzy
    • Palladius: цяньцзы (cjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kim⁴ zi²
    • Yale: kìhm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qie¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

Noun

鉗子

1. pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp (Classifier: 把 m)
2. claw of a crustacean or scorpion
3. (dialectal) earring

Synonyms

• (pliers):

Dialectal synonyms of 鉗子 (“pliers; pincers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鉗子
Mandarin	Beijing	鉗子
	Taiwan	鉗子
	Harbin	鉗子
	Yantai (Muping)	鉗子
	Jinan	鉗子
	Luoyang	鉗子
	Wanrong	鉗子
	Xi'an	鉗子
	Xining	鉗子
	Ürümqi	鉗子
	Wuhan	鉗子
	Chengdu	鉗子
	Guiyang	夾鉗
	Liuzhou	鉗子
	Xuzhou	鉗子
	Yangzhou	鉗子
	Nanjing	鉗子
	Hefei	鉗子
	Singapore	鉗子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗, 鉗仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鉗, 鉗仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鉗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鉗仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鉗仔
	Macau	鉗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鉗
	Foshan	鉗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鉗
	Foshan (Shunde)	鉗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鉗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鉗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鉗
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鉗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鉗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鉗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鉗
	Taishan	鉗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鉗
	Enping (Niujiang)	鉗
	Heshan (Yayao)	鉗
	Dongguan	鉗
	Yangjiang	鉗仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鉗仔
Gan	Nanchang	鉗子
	Lichuan	鉗兒
Hakka	Meixian	鉗仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鉗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鉗仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鉗仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鉗
	Yudu	鉗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	鉗仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	鉗
	Singkawang	鉗
Jin	Taiyuan	鉗子
	Xinzhou	鉗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉗仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鉗囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉗仔
	Quanzhou	鉗仔
	Zhangzhou	鉗仔
	Zhao'an	鉗仔
	Tainan	鉗仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	鉗仔
	Chaozhou	鉗囝
	Shantou	鉗囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鉗囝
	Jieyang	鉗, 鉗囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鉗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鉗囝
	Haikou	鉗囝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鉗
Wu	Shanghai	鉗子
	Suzhou	鉗子
	Hangzhou	鉗子
	Ningbo	鉗子
	Wenzhou	夾鉗兒, 鉗兒
Xiang	Changsha	鉗子
	Loudi	鉗子
	Shuangfeng	鉗子

• 剪鉗／剪钳 (jiǎnqián), 鋼絲鉗／钢丝钳, 老虎鉗／老虎钳 (lǎohǔqián), 平口鉗／平口钳, 割線鉗／割线钳

Dialectal synonyms of 耳環 (“earring”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳環 ring, 耳墜 with pendant, 耳飾 general term
Mandarin	Beijing	耳環兒, 耳墜兒, 耳鉗子, 鉗子
	Taiwan	耳環
	Tianjin	鉗子
	Tangshan	耳環, 耳墜兒
	Cangzhou	墜子
	Baoding	墜子
	Shijiazhuang	耳墜兒
	Chifeng	耳環, 耳墜兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耳環, 耳鉗子
	Harbin	耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子, 耳鉗子
	Shenyang	耳環, 鉗子
	Yantai (Muping)	耳環兒
	Qingdao	耳墜兒
	Jinan	耳環兒, 墜子
	Luoyang	耳環
	Wanrong	耳墜子
	Zhengzhou	耳墜兒
	Xi'an	耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子
	Yinchuan	耳環, 耳墜子
	Lanzhou	耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子
	Xining	耳環兒
	Ürümqi	耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子
	Wuhan	耳環, 環子
	Chengdu	耳環
	Chongqing	耳環
	Guiyang	耳柱, 耳環
	Kunming	耳環, 耳墜
	Guilin	耳環, 耳墜
	Liuzhou	耳環
	Xuzhou	耳環, 耳圈子, 圈子
	Yangzhou	耳環子, 環子
	Nanjing	耳環, 耳絲, 耳圈兒
	Hefei	耳環
	Nantong	耳環, 圈兒
	Singapore	耳環
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耳墜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳環
	Hong Kong	耳環
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	耳環
	Macau	耳環
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	耳環
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	耳圈
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	耳環
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	耳環
	Foshan	耳環
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	耳環
	Foshan (Shunde)	耳環
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耳牌, 耳圈
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耳環
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耳牌
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	耳環
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	耳環
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	耳環
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	耳環
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	耳環
	Taishan	耳環
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳環
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳環
	Heshan (Yayao)	耳環
	Dongguan	耳環
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	耳環
	Nanning	耳環
	Wuzhou	耳環
	Yulin	耳環
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	耳環
	Guiping	耳環
	Mengshan (Xihe)	耳環
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	耳環
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	耳環
	Baise	耳環
	Bobai	耳環
	Lingshan	耳環
	Pubei	耳環
	Qinzhou	耳環
	Beihai	耳圈
	Ningming	耳環
	Hengzhou	耳環
	Hezhou (Pumen)	耳環
Gan	Nanchang	環子
	Lichuan	耳澀
	Pingxiang	耳環
Hakka	Meixian	耳圈仔, 耳盤仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	耳環
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	耳環
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	耳環
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	耳環
	Conghua (Lütian)	耳環
	Yudu	耳飾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳環
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳環
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳環
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳鉤, 耳環
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳環
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳鉤
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	耳環
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	耳環
	Mashan (Pianlian)	耳環
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵環, 耳朵箍
	Shexian	耳圈, 圈
Jin	Taiyuan	環環, 耳環, 耳墜子
	Xinzhou	耳墜子
	Linhe	耳環子
	Jining	耳環
	Hohhot	耳環
	Zhangjiakou	耳環
	Handan	耳環, 耳墜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳釘
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳環
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳鉤
	Quanzhou	耳鉤
	Zhangzhou	耳鉤
	Kaohsiung	耳鉤
	Yilan	耳鉤
	Changhua (Lukang)	耳鉤
	Taichung	耳鉤
	Taichung (Wuqi)	耳鉤
	Tainan	耳鉤
	Taitung	耳鉤
	Hsinchu	耳鉤
	Penghu (Magong)	耳栓
	Penang (Hokkien)	subang
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耳鉤
	Manila (Hokkien)	耳鉤
	Longyan	耳鉤仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	耳鉤
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	耳鉤
	Leizhou	耳鉤
	Haikou	耳環
Puxian Min	Putian	耳環
	Xianyou	耳圈
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	耳鉤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳環
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	耳墜子
Wu	Shanghai	耳環, 耳朵環, 耳朵圈, 圈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	環
	Suzhou	圈
	Danyang	耳朵環子, 環子
	Hangzhou	箍兒
	Ningbo	環子, 耳朵環
	Jinhua	耳朵箍兒
Xiang	Changsha	耳環, 環子
	Loudi	耳環
	Quanzhou	耳環

Hyponyms

• 尖嘴鉗／尖嘴钳 (jiānzuǐqián, “needlenose pliers”)
• 頂切鉗／顶切钳 (“end cutting pliers”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉗	子
かん Hyōgaiji	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

鉗(かん)子(し) • (kanshi) 

1. forceps