跤鏡

Chinese

		bones of leg; wrestle	mirror; lens
trad. (跤鏡)		跤	鏡
simp. (跤镜)		跤	镜
alternative forms		骹鏡／骹镜 腳鏡／脚镜

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): kă-giáng

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kă-giáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iɑŋ²¹³/

Noun

跤鏡

1. (Eastern Min, anatomy) kneecap; patella

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膝蓋骨 (“patella; kneecap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膝蓋骨, 髕骨
Mandarin	Wuhan	克膝蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	波羅蓋, 膝頭蓋
	Hong Kong	波羅蓋, 膝頭蓋
Hakka	Meixian	膝頭骨
	Yudu	膝頭蓋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跤鏡
Southern Min	Xiamen	燈火碗, 跤頭趺骨
	Quanzhou	跤頭趺骨
	Zhangzhou	燈火碗, 跤頭腕
	Haikou	跤趺骨, 跤趺臍骨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	膝頭蓋, 膝頭尖, 膝頭
Wu	Jinhua	腳寶蓋
Xiang	Changsha	膝頭骨, 髂膝骨