掌頭仔腡

Chinese

		finger; toe
trad. (掌頭仔腡)		掌頭仔	腡
simp. (掌头仔脶)		掌头仔	脶
alternative forms		指頭仔腡／指头仔脶

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chńg-thâu-á-lê / chńg-thâu-á-lêr / chéng-thâu-á-lê

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chńg-thâu-á-lê
    • Tâi-lô: tsńg-thâu-á-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngftau'aflee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chńg-thâu-á-lêr
    • Tâi-lô: tsńg-thâu-á-lêr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lə²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-thâu-á-lê
    • Tâi-lô: tsíng-thâu-á-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zefngtau'aflee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le¹³/

Noun

掌頭仔腡

1. (Southern Min) round whorl on one's fingertips; fingerprint

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指紋
Northeastern 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