手紋

See also: 手纹

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	line; trace; mark
trad. (手紋)		手	紋
simp. (手纹)		手	纹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² man⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): sou² veng¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-ùng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵seu-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwún
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wên²
    • Yale: shǒu-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwen
    • Palladius: шоувэнь (šouvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² man⁴
    • Yale: sáu màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sou² veng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁵³ və̃ŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-ùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³⁻²¹ uŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵seu-ven
    • MiniDict: seu^去 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²seu-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³³ vən⁴⁴/

Noun

手紋

1. lines of the palm; palmprint; handprint
2. (dialectal) fingerprint

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指紋 (“fingerprint”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指紋
Mandarin	Singapore	指紋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指模, 手紋
	Hong Kong	指模, 手指模, 指紋
Gan	Lichuan	手模
	Pingxiang	手模
Hakka	Yudu	手模, 手印
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指腡 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手指腡 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指腡 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指腡 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手指腡 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手指腡 †, 手指痕
Huizhou	Jixi	手模, 手印
Jin	Taiyuan	手紋紋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手紋
Southern Min	Xiamen	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
	Quanzhou	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
	Zhangzhou	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手印 <>
Wu	Shanghai	手紋, 紋腡, 指紋, 節頭印
Note	† - natural pattern on fingers; <> - pattern left on surfaces