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肉刺

肉刺

Chinese

		meat; flesh	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
simp. and trad. (肉刺)		肉	刺

Noun

肉刺

hangnail (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
whitlow (an infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail)

Synonyms

倒刺 (dàocì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ròucì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄘˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ cek³, juk⁶ ci³
Min Nan (POJ): bah-chhì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ròucì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄘˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowtsyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ cek³, juk⁶ ci³
  - Yale: yuhk chek, yuhk chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ tsek⁸, juk⁹ tsi³
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡sʰɛːk̚³/, /jʊk̚² t͡sʰiː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: bah-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bahchix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ba(ʔ)⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹/