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脷
脷
Translingual
Han character
脷 (radical 130 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月竹木弓 (BHDN))
- (Cantonese) tongue
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 985, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2078, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8137
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
脷 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 利 | |
Etymology
From 利 (“benefit; profit”), used as a euphemism for 舌 (sit6, “tongue”), which is homophonous to 折 (sit6, “to be at a loss”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: lih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
- IPA (key): /li⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lei6
- Yale: leih
- Cantonese Pinyin: lei6
- IPA (key): /lei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
- Hakka Romanization System: li
- Hagfa Pinyim: li4
- IPA: /li⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: li4
- IPA: /li⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Definitions
脷
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 舌頭 (“tongue”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 舌 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 舌頭 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 舌頭 |
| Taiwan | 舌頭 | |
| Jinan | 舌頭 | |
| Xi'an | 舌頭 | |
| Wuhan | 舌頭、賺頭 | |
| Chengdu | 舌頭兒 | |
| Yangzhou | 舌頭 | |
| Hefei | 舌頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 脷 |
| Hong Kong | 脷 | |
| Taishan | 脷 | |
| Yangjiang | 脷 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 舌頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 舌嫲 |
| Xingning | 舌嫲 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 舌嫲 | |
| Qujiang | 舌頭 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 舌嫲 | |
| Changting | 舌頭 | |
| Pingyu | 舌嫲 | |
| Wuping | 舌嫲 | |
| Liancheng | 舌頭 | |
| Ninghua | 舌頭 | |
| Yudu | 舌頭、舌刁 | |
| Ruijin | 舌頭 | |
| Shicheng | 舌咀 | |
| Shangyou | 舌刁 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 舌嫲 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 舌嫲 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 舌嫲 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 舌嫲 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 舌嫲 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 舌 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 舌頭 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 舌 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 喙舌 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 舌仔 |
| Xiamen | 舌仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 舌仔 | |
| Taipei | 喙舌 | |
| Kaohsiung | 舌 | |
| Tainan | 舌 | |
| Taichung | 喙舌 | |
| Yilan | 舌 | |
| Lukang | 舌 | |
| Sanxia | 喙舌 | |
| Kinmen | 舌 | |
| Magong | 舌 | |
| Hsinchu | 喙舌 | |
| Chaozhou | 舌 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 舌頭 |
| Wenzhou | 口舌 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 舌子 |
| Shuangfeng | 舌子 | |