耳垢

Chinese

		ear	dirt; disgrace
trad. (耳垢)		耳	垢
simp. #(耳垢)		耳	垢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrgòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǐ-káu / hī-káu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrgòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrgòu
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-kou⁴
    • Yale: ěr-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelgow
    • Palladius: эргоу (ergou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gau³
    • Yale: yíh gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǐ-káu
    • Tâi-lô: hǐ-káu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi²² kau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-káu
    • Tâi-lô: hī-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixkao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

Noun

耳垢

1. earwax

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳垢 (“earwax”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳垢, 耵聹
Mandarin	Beijing	耳屎, 耳殘
	Taiwan	耳屎
	Bayanhot	耳塞
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耳塞子, 耳纏, 耳碎
	Harbin	耳殘, 耳屎
	Yantai (Muping)	耳蛹兒
	Jinan	耳髓
	Luoyang	耳塞
	Wanrong	耳塞子
	Zhengzhou	耳次
	Xi'an	耳塞
	Yinchuan	耳屎
	Lanzhou	耳屎
	Xining	耳塞
	Ürümqi	耳塞
	Wuhan	耳塞, 耳㞎㞎
	Chengdu	耳屎
	Guiyang	耳屎
	Kunming	耳屎
	Guilin	耳屎
	Liuzhou	耳屎
	Xuzhou	耳碎, 耳碎子, 耳屎
	Yangzhou	耳屎
	Nanjing	耳屎
	Nantong	耳屎
	Singapore	耳屎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳屎
	Hong Kong	耳屎
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	耳屎
	Foshan	耳屎
	Foshan (Shunde)	耳屎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耳屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	耳屎
	Taishan	耳屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳屎
	Dongguan	耳屎
	Shaoguan	耳屎
	Yunfu	耳屎
	Xinyi	耳屎
	Lianjiang	耳屎
	Nanning	耳屎
	Wuzhou	耳屎
	Yulin	耳屎
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	耳屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	耳屎
Gan	Nanchang	耳屎
	Lichuan	耳屎
	Pingxiang	耳屎
Hakka	Meixian	耳屎
	Yudu	耳屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳屎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳屎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳屎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳屎
	Hong Kong	耳屎
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	耳屎
	Senai (Huiyang)	耳屎
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵屎
Jin	Taiyuan	耳柴, 耳碎
	Xinzhou	耳心
	Hohhot	耳塞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳仔屎, 耳川屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳屎
	Fuqing	耳屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳屎
	Quanzhou	耳屎
	Zhangzhou	耳屎, 耳空屎
	Taipei	耳屎
	Kaohsiung	耳屎
	Yilan	耳屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	耳屎
	Taichung	耳屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	耳屎
	Tainan	耳屎
	Taitung	耳屎
	Hsinchu	耳屎
	Penghu (Magong)	耳屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	耳仔屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耳屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	耳屎
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	耳屎
	Chaozhou	耳屎
	Shantou	耳屎
	Haifeng	耳屎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	耳屎
	Singapore (Teochew)	耳屎
	Leizhou	耳屎
	Wenchang	耳屎
	Haikou	耳屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳屎, 耳朵屎
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	耳朵屎
Wu	Shanghai	耳馬
	Shanghai (Chongming)	新人惡
	Suzhou	膜
	Danyang	耳朵屎
	Hangzhou	耳朵污
	Ningbo	耳朵屙
	Wenzhou	耳朵惡
	Jinhua	耳朵涴
Xiang	Changsha	耳屎
	Xiangtan	耳屎
	Loudi	耳屎, 耳朵屎
	Quanzhou	耳朵屎, 耳屎

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
耳	垢
みみ Grade: 1	あか Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
耳あか

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みみあか [mìmíáká] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みみあか​ [mìmíákáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mʲimʲia̠ka̠]

Noun

耳(みみ)垢(あか) • (mimiaka) 

1. earwax, cerumen

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
耳	垢
じ Grade: 1	こう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じこー [jìkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiko̞ː]

Noun

耳(じ)垢(こう) • (jikō) 

1. earwax, cerumen

Synonyms

• 耳糞(みみくそ) (mimikuso)