掌甲夾

Chinese

		fingernail	hold between; clip; lined hold between; clip; lined; narrow lane; folder; to press from both sides; to place in between
trad. (掌甲夾)		掌甲	夾
simp. (掌甲夹)		掌甲	夹
alternative forms		指甲夾／指甲夹

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin² gah⁴ giab⁸

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin² gah⁴ giab⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóiⁿ kah kia̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ kaʔ²⁻⁴ kiap̚⁴/

Noun

掌甲夾

1. (Teochew) 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