耳窿

Chinese

		ear	cavity; hole
trad. (耳窿)		耳	窿
simp. #(耳窿)		耳	窿

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ lung^4-1
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi³ lung²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ lung^4-1
    • Yale: yíh lūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ lung^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ lung^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi³ lung²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹ lʊŋ¹¹/

Noun

耳窿

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min, Fuqing Eastern Min) earhole (outer aperture of the ear)
2. (Cantonese) earhole; ear-piercing (puncture in the ear)

   釘耳窿／钉耳窿 [Cantonese]  ―  deng¹ ji⁵ lung^4-1 [Jyutping]  ―  to get an ear piercing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳孔 (“earhole (outer aperture of the ear)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳孔
Mandarin	Beijing	耳朵眼兒
	Taiwan	耳孔
	Harbin	耳朵眼兒
	Yantai (Muping)	耳朵眼兒, 耳朵眼子
	Jinan	耳朵眼兒, 耳朵眼子
	Luoyang	耳道眼兒, 耳道窟窿
	Wanrong	耳朵窟窿
	Xi'an	耳朵窟窿
	Yinchuan	耳朵眼子
	Lanzhou	耳朵門子, 耳朵眼子
	Xining	耳朵門門兒
	Ürümqi	耳朵眼眼子
	Wuhan	耳洞眼
	Chengdu	耳朵洞洞, 耳朵眼眼
	Guiyang	耳心
	Liuzhou	耳朵窿
	Xuzhou	耳朵眼兒, 耳眼兒
	Yangzhou	耳門子
	Nanjing	耳朵眼兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳窿, 耳仔窿
	Hong Kong	耳窿
	Taishan	耳孔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳窿
	Dongguan	耳吉窿
Gan	Lichuan	耳朵眼
	Pingxiang	耳朵眼
Hakka	Meixian	耳公窟, 耳窿
	Yudu	耳朵眼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳公空
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳公空
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳空
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳公空
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳公空, 耳空
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳空
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵洞
Jin	Taiyuan	耳窟窿, 耳朵眼兒
	Xinzhou	耳朵窟兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳川
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳空
	Fuqing	耳窿
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳空
	Jinjiang	耳空
	Tainan	耳空
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	耳空窟
	Jieyang	耳空
	Haifeng	耳空仔
	Leizhou	耳空
	Haikou	耳空
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	耳窟, 耳窿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳朵窿, 耳窿
Wu	Shanghai	耳朵洞
	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵管
	Danyang	耳朵凼
	Hangzhou	耳朵眼兒
	Ningbo	耳朵洞眼
	Wenzhou	耳朵空, 耳朵空頭
	Jinhua	耳朵洞
Xiang	Changsha	耳朵眼
	Loudi	耳朵眼

Dialectal synonyms of 耳洞 (“earhole; ear-piercing”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳洞
Mandarin	Beijing	耳朵眼兒
	Taiwan	耳洞
	Harbin	耳朵眼兒
	Yantai (Muping)	耳朵眼兒
	Jinan	耳朵眼兒
	Wanrong	耳朵眼兒
	Xi'an	耳朵窟窿
	Yinchuan	耳朵眼子
	Lanzhou	耳朵眼子
	Xining	耳朵眼兒
	Ürümqi	耳朵眼眼子
	Wuhan	耳洞眼
	Chengdu	耳朵洞洞, 耳朵眼眼
	Xuzhou	耳朵眼兒, 耳眼兒
	Nanjing	耳朵眼兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	耳窿
Gan	Lichuan	耳朵眼
	Pingxiang	戴耳環個眼
Jin	Taiyuan	耳朵眼眼
	Xinzhou	耳朵窟兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳鉤空
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵眼
	Suzhou	耳朵眼
	Ningbo	耳朵洞眼
	Wenzhou	耳朵窟
Xiang	Changsha	耳朵眼

Derived terms

• 大耳窿 (dà'ěrlóng)