弄瓦

Chinese

		to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	clay spindle whorl
trad. (弄瓦)		弄	瓦
simp. #(弄瓦)		弄	瓦

Spindle whorl.

Etymology

In ancient times, girls were given spindle whorls as toys, in the hope that they will become proficient in weaving when they grow up.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nòngwǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁶ ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nòngwǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nòngwǎ
    • Wade–Giles: nung⁴-wa³
    • Yale: nùng-wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nonqwoa
    • Palladius: нунва (nunva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ⁵¹ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁶ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: luhng ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁶ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁶ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²² ŋaː¹³/

Verb

弄瓦

1. (literary) to give birth to a girl

Derived terms

• 弄璋弄瓦
• 弄瓦之喜 (nòngwǎzhīxǐ)

 

See also

• 弄璋 (nòngzhāng)