指甲剪

Chinese

		fingernail; toenail	cut with scissors; scissors
trad. (指甲剪)		指甲	剪
simp. #(指甲剪)		指甲	剪

指甲剪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjiajiǎn, zhǐjiǎjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³ zin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiajiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiåjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chia⁵-chien³
    • Yale: jř-jya-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.jiajean
    • Palladius: чжицзяцзянь (čžiczjaczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiǎjiǎn [Phonetic: zhíjiájiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiǎjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chia³-chien³
    • Yale: jř-jyǎ-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjeajean
    • Palladius: чжицзяцзянь (čžiczjaczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaap³ zin²
    • Yale: jí gaap jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ t͡siːn³⁵/

Noun

指甲剪

1. nail clipper; nail scissors

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲剪 (“nail clipper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲剪, 指甲刀
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	指甲剪, 指甲刀
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	指甲鉗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指甲鉗
	Hong Kong	指甲鉗
Hakka	Meixian	指甲鉗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指甲剪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指甲剪
Southern Min	Xiamen	掌甲刀
	Quanzhou	掌甲刀
	Zhangzhou	掌甲欱仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	掌甲刀
	Shantou	掌甲夾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指甲鉗, 指甲鑷
Wu	Shanghai	指掐鉗, 軋指鉗