兔缺

Chinese

		rabbit	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (兔缺)		兔	缺
simp. #(兔缺)		兔	缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄝ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùcyue
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: tù-chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhchiue
    • Palladius: туцюэ (tucjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Noun

兔缺

1. (literary) harelip
2. (literary) new moon

Synonyms

• (harelip):

Dialectal synonyms of 兔脣 (“cleft lip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兔缺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兔脣, 脣裂, 裂脣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	豁嘴兒, 豁脣兒, 豁脣子
	Taiwan	兔脣
	Langfang	豁子
	Harbin	豁嘴兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	豁子嘴兒
	Cangzhou	豁豁嘴兒
	Baoding	豁子
	Shijiazhuang	豁豁嘴兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	豁子, 豁嘴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	豁兒嘴
	Daming	豁嘴子
	Wanrong	豁豁
	Xi'an	豁豁兒嘴
	Xining	豁兒
	Xuzhou	豁嘴脣兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豁豁嘴
	Ürümqi	豁豁嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豁豁兒
	Wuhan	豁子, 豁嘴
	Guiyang	豁豁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豁嘴兒, 兔嘴兒
	Yangzhou	豁子, 豁嘴子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兔嘴, 崩口脣, 崩嘴, 崩口
	Hong Kong	兔脣
Hakka	Meixian	缺嘴, 缺嘴仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	缺嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	缺嘴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	缺嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	缺嘴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	缺嘴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	缺嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	缺嘴, 破嘴, 破缺嘴
Jin	Taiyuan	豁豁嘴, 兔脣脣
	Xinzhou	豁脣子
	Zhangjiakou	豁脣脣
	Handan	三片子嘴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	缺喙, 缺仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	缺喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	缺脣, 缺喙
	Quanzhou	缺脣, 缺喙
	Jinjiang	缺喙
	Zhangzhou	缺脣, 缺喙
	Taipei	缺喙
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	缺喙
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	缺喙
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	缺喙
	Yilan (Toucheng)	缺喙
	Tainan	缺喙
	Tainan (Anping)	缺喙
	Kinmen	缺喙
	Penghu (Magong)	缺喙
	Penghu (Xiyu)	缺喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	缺脣, 缺喙
	Shantou	缺喙
	Jieyang	缺喙
	Leizhou	缺喙
	Haikou	缺喙
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	崩喙
Wu	Shanghai	豁嘴, 缺嘴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	缺嘴
	Suzhou	豁嘴, 缺嘴
	Danyang	豁嘴
	Hangzhou	缺嘴兒
	Ningbo	缺嘴, 缺嘴弄
Xiang	Changsha	缺子

• (new moon): 新月 (xīnyuè), 朔月 (shuòyuè), 朔 (shuò), 月缺 (yuèquē)