摳字眼兒

See also: 抠字眼儿

Chinese

		dig out (with finger); stingy
trad. (摳字眼兒)		摳	字眼兒
simp. (抠字眼儿)		抠	字眼儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōu zìyǎnr

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōu zìyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kou zìhyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou¹ tzŭ⁴-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: kōu dz̀-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kou tzyhyeal
    • Palladius: коу цзыяньр (kou czyjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

摳⫽字眼兒 (verb-object)

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 摳字眼／抠字眼 (kōu zìyǎn, “to pay too much attention to the shades of meanings of words; to find fault with the choice of words”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摳字眼 (“to find fault with the choice of words; to be picky with words”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摳字眼, 挑字眼, 咬字眼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	摳字眼兒, 挑字眼兒, 咬字眼兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉字蝨
	Hong Kong	捉字蝨
Hakka	Meixian	捉字蝨, 摳字眼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鑽字縫, 鑽字眼, 吮字骨
	Shantou	研字仁, 摳字眼