鼓膜

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	membrane; film; to prostrate
trad. (鼓膜)		鼓	膜
simp. #(鼓膜)		鼓	膜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔmó, gǔmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² mok^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmó
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-mo²
    • Yale: gǔ-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumo
    • Palladius: гумо (gumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmór
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmór
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-mo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǔ-mór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumol
    • Palladius: гумор (gumor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmò
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-mo⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumoh
    • Palladius: гумо (gumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² mok^6-2
    • Yale: gú mók
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² mok^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² mog^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɔːk̚²⁻³⁵/

Noun

鼓膜

1. (anatomy) eardrum; tympanic membrane

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼓膜 (“eardrum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鼓膜, 耳鼓, 耳膜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	耳膜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	耳靜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	耳膜
Hakka	Yudu	耳膜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳膜仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳膜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	耳鏡
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	耳膜仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	耳膜仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳膜仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳膜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳膜仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	耳膜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳鏡
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳膜, 耳空膜, 耳空鬼仔, 耳鏡, 耳鼓
	Quanzhou	耳膜, 耳鼓, 耳鏡
	Zhangzhou	耳膜, 耳空膜, 耳鏡
	Zhao'an	耳膜
	Taipei (Wanhua)	耳鏡
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	耳空鬼仔, 耳鏡
	Kaohsiung	耳鏡
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	耳鏡
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	耳鏡, 耳空鬼仔
	Yilan	耳仔膜
	Changhua (Lukang)	耳鏡
	Taichung	耳鏡
	Taichung (Wuqi)	耳仔鏡
	Tainan	耳空鏡
	Tainan (Anping)	耳鏡
	Taitung	耳仔膜
	Hsinchu	耳鏡
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	耳鏡
	Penghu (Magong)	耳仔膜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	耳鏡
	Haifeng	耳仔膜, 耳膜, 耳鏡
	Leizhou	耳鏡
	Haikou	耳鏡
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	耳聆子
	Danyang	耳朵膜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼓	膜
こ Grade: S	まく Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From 鼓 (ko, “drum”) +‎ 膜 (maku, “membrane”), calque of Dutch trommelvlies.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こまく [kòmákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠kɯ̟]

Noun

鼓(こ)膜(まく) • (komaku) 

1. (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane (a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus)