手甲冥

Chinese

		fingernail	dark; deep
simp. and trad. (手甲冥)		手甲	冥

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gaap³ meng⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gaap³ meng⁴
    • Yale: sáu gaap mèhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gaap⁸ meng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² gab³ méng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kaːp̚³ mɛːŋ²¹/

Noun

手甲冥

1. (Cantonese, anatomy) space between the fingernail and the fingertip

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲縫 (“space between the fingernail and the fingertip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲縫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手甲冥
	Hong Kong	指甲罅
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手甲縫, 指縫