膕窩

Chinese

		hollow	nest
trad. (膕窩)		膕	窩
simp. (腘窝)		腘	窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guówō

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ wo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guówō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guówo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-wo¹
    • Yale: gwó-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwouo
    • Palladius: гово (govo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ wo¹
    • Yale: gwok wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ wɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

膕窩

1. (anatomy) poplit, popliteal space

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膕窩 (“popliteal space”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膕窩
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	胯彎, 彎彎
Hakka	Meixian	腳坳
	Yudu	腳彎, 膝頭彎
Huizhou	Jixi	腳膝腕
Jin	Taiyuan	圪膝彎子
Wu	Wenzhou	腳彎軋