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- 脷 (Cantonese)
- 脷 (Written Standard Chinese?)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + phonetic 利. Specialization of 利 (“benefit; profit”).
From 利 (“benefit; profit”), used as a euphemism for 舌 (“tongue”), which is homophonous to 折, 蝕／蚀 (“to be at a loss”).
Alternatively, it may be from 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick”), preserving the Old Chinese initial *l- (Schuessler, 2007).
Note:
- lei5* - as an independent word or the head of a compound;
- lei5 - in compounds (not as the head).
脷
- (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) tongue (human or animal) (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- (Hakka, Sichuanese) tongue of an animal
Dialectal synonyms of
舌頭 (“tongue”)
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| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
舌
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
舌頭, 舌
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
舌頭
|
| Taiwan
|
舌頭
|
| Langfang
|
舌頭
|
| Chengde
|
舌頭
|
| Ulanhot
|
舌頭
|
| Tongliao
|
舌頭
|
| Chifeng
|
舌頭
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
舌頭
|
| Heihe
|
舌頭
|
| Qiqihar
|
舌頭
|
| Harbin
|
舌頭
|
| Jiamusi
|
舌頭
|
| Baicheng
|
舌頭
|
| Changchun
|
舌頭
|
| Tonghua
|
舌頭
|
| Shenyang
|
舌頭
|
| Jinzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Malaysia
|
舌頭
|
| Singapore
|
舌頭
|
| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
|
舌頭
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
舌頭
|
| Tangshan
|
舌頭
|
| Cangzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Baoding
|
舌頭
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
舌頭
|
| Lijin
|
舌頭
|
| Jinan
|
舌頭
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
舌頭
|
| Dandong
|
舌頭
|
| Yantai
|
舌頭
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
舌頭
|
| Qingdao
|
舌頭
|
| Zhucheng
|
舌頭
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
舌頭
|
| Lingbao
|
舌頭
|
| Jining
|
舌頭
|
| Daming
|
舌頭
|
| Wanrong
|
舌頭
|
| Linfen
|
舌頭
|
| Shangqiu
|
舌頭
|
| Yuanyang
|
舌頭
|
| Zhengzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Kaifeng
|
舌頭
|
| Xinyang
|
舌頭
|
| Baihe
|
舌頭
|
| Xi'an
|
舌頭
|
| Baoji
|
舌頭
|
| Tianshui
|
舌頭
|
| Xining
|
舌頭, 舌
|
| Xuzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Fuyang
|
舌頭
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
舌頭
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
舌頭
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
舌頭
|
| Bayanhot
|
舌頭
|
| Lanzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Dunhuang
|
舌頭
|
| Hami
|
舌頭
|
| Ürümqi
|
舌頭
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
舌頭兒
|
| Nanchong
|
舌頭
|
| Dazhou
|
舌頭
|
| Hanyuan
|
舌頭兒
|
| Xichang
|
舌頭
|
| Zigong
|
舌頭
|
| Chongqing
|
舌頭兒
|
| Wuhan
|
舌頭, 賺頭
|
| Yichang
|
舌頭, 賺頭
|
| Xiangyang
|
舌頭
|
| Tianmen
|
舌頭
|
| Guiyang
|
舌頭
|
| Zunyi
|
舌頭, 舌條兒
|
| Bijie
|
舌頭
|
| Liping
|
舌頭, 舌條
|
| Zhaotong
|
舌頭
|
| Dali
|
舌頭
|
| Kunming
|
舌頭
|
| Mengzi
|
舌頭
|
| Guilin
|
舌頭
|
| Guilin (Lingui)
|
舌頭
|
| Liuzhou
|
脷錢
|
| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
舌頭
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
脷錢, 脷
|
| Jishou
|
舌頭兒
|
| Changde
|
舌子
|
| Yongzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Hanzhong
|
舌頭
|
| Kokang
|
舌頭
|
| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
舌頭
|
| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
舌頭
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
舌頭
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
舌頭
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
舌頭
|
| Yangzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Lianyungang
|
舌頭
|
| Lianshui
|
舌頭
|
| Xinghua
|
舌頭
|
| Nantong
|
舌頭
|
| Anqing
|
舌條
|
| Wuhu
|
舌條
|
| Hefei
|
舌頭
|
| Huanggang
|
舌頭
|
| Hong'an
|
舌頭, 賺頭
|
| Mandarin
|
Nanping (Yanping)
|
舌頭
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
脷
|
| Hong Kong
|
脷
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
脷
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
脷
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
脷
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
脷
|
| Macau
|
脷
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
脷
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
脷
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
脷
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
脷
|
| Foshan
|
脷
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
脷
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
脷
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
脷
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
脷
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
脷
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
脷
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
脷
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
脷
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
脷
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
脷
|
| Taishan
|
脷
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
脷
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
脷
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
脷
|
| Dongguan
|
脷
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
脷
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
脷
|
| Qingyuan
|
脷
|
| Fogang
|
脷
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
脷
|
| Yangshan
|
脷
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
脷
|
| Shaoguan
|
脷
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
脷
|
| Renhua
|
脷, 舌頭
|
| Lechang
|
脷
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
脷
|
| Sihui
|
脷
|
| Guangning
|
脷, 舌
|
| Deqing
|
脷
|
| Huaiji
|
舌, 脷
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
舌頭, 舌, 舌脷
|
| Yunfu
|
脷
|
| Xinxing
|
脷
|
| Luoding
|
脷, 脷頭
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
脷頭
|
| Yangjiang
|
脷
|
| Xinyi
|
脷
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
脷
|
| Lianjiang
|
脷
|
| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
脷
|
| Nanning
|
脷錢, 脷
|
| Nanning (Tanka)
|
脷錢
|
| Wuzhou
|
脷
|
| Yulin
|
脷錢
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
脷錢, 舌頭
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
脷頭, 舌頭
|
| Guiping
|
脷錢
|
| Guiping (Mule)
|
舌頭
|
| Pingnan
|
脷
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
舌
|
| Guigang (Gangcheng)
|
脷
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
脷
|
| Guigang (Pingdong)
|
脷
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
脷錢
|
| Baise
|
脷錢
|
| Bobai
|
脷錢
|
| Lingshan
|
脷
|
| Pubei
|
脷錢
|
| Qinzhou
|
脷錢
|
| Beihai
|
脷錢, 脷, 舌頭
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
舌頭
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
舌頭
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
脷
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
脷
|
| Ningming
|
脷錢
|
| Hengzhou
|
脷
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
舌頭
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
脷
|
| Danzhou
|
舌頭臉
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
脷
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
脷
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
脷
|
| Móng Cái
|
脷
|
| Yangon (Taishan)
|
脷
|
| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
脷
|
| Bangkok (Guangfu)
|
脷
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
舌頭
|
| Lichuan
|
舌
|
| Pingxiang
|
舌頭, 舌子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
舌嫲
|
| Xingning
|
舌嫲
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
舌嫲
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Huiyang
|
舌嫲
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
脷頭
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
舌嫲
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
舌嫲
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
脷, 脷伊
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
舌嫲
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
舌嫲
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
舌嫲
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
舌嫲
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
舌嫲
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
舌嫲
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
舌嫲
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
舌嫲
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
舌嫲
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
脷勢, 舌頭, 舌嫲
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
脷頭
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
脷, 脷頭
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
脷
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
舌嫲, 舌脷
|
| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
舌頭
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
舌頭
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
舌脷
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
舌脷
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
舌嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
舌嫲
|
| Jiexi
|
舌嫲
|
| Luhe
|
舌嫲
|
| Changting
|
舌頭
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
舌嫲, 舌子
|
| Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)
|
舌頭
|
| Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)
|
舌嫲
|
| Wuping
|
舌嫲
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
舌嫲
|
| Liancheng
|
舌頭
|
| Liancheng (Peitian)
|
口舌
|
| Liancheng (Zhongbao)
|
舌
|
| Liancheng (Laiyuan)
|
舌頭
|
| Ninghua
|
舌頭
|
| Yudu
|
舌頭, 舌刁
|
| Ruijin
|
舌頭
|
| Shicheng
|
舌咀
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
舌刁
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
舌嫲
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
舌嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
舌嫲
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
舌嫲
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
舌嫲
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
舌
|
| Hong Kong
|
舌嫲
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
脷錢
|
| Bobai (Shahe)
|
脷錢
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
舌嫲頭
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
舌嫲
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
舌嫲
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
舌嫲
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
舌嫲
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
舌嫲
|
| Singkawang
|
舌嫲
|
| Singapore (Meixian)
|
舌嫲
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
舌嫲
|
| Bangkok (Meixian)
|
舌嫲
|
| Bangkok (Fengshun)
|
舌嫲
|
| Bangkok (Jiexi)
|
舌嫲
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
口舌
|
| Shexian
|
口舌, 嘴舌
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
舌兒
|
| Xiuning
|
舌兒
|
| Yixian
|
舌
|
| Qimen
|
舌條
|
| Wuyuan
|
舌頭
|
| Fuliang
|
舌條
|
| Dexing
|
舌頭
|
| Shitai (Xianyu)
|
舌條
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
舌頭
|
| Pingyao
|
舌頭
|
| Yangyuan
|
舌頭
|
| Datong
|
舌頭
|
| Xinzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
舌頭
|
| Changzhi
|
舌頭
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
舌頭
|
| Linhe
|
舌頭
|
| Jining
|
舌頭
|
| Hohhot
|
舌頭
|
| Baotou
|
舌頭
|
| Dongsheng
|
舌頭
|
| Haibowan
|
舌頭
|
| Erenhot
|
舌頭
|
| Pingshan
|
舌頭
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
舌頭
|
| Handan
|
舌頭
|
| Linzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Suide
|
舌頭
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
舌
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
喙舌
|
| Zhenghe
|
舌
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
喙舌
|
| Wuyishan
|
舌
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
舌
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
喙舌
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
喙舌
|
| Fuqing
|
喙舌
|
| Yongtai
|
喙舌
|
| Gutian
|
喙舌
|
| Fu'an
|
喙舌
|
| Ningde
|
喙舌
|
| Shouning
|
喙舌
|
| Zhouning
|
喙舌
|
| Fuding
|
喙舌
|
| Matsu
|
抹老, 舌, 喙舌
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
舌仔
|
| Quanzhou
|
舌仔
|
| Anxi
|
喙舌
|
| Yongchun
|
喙舌
|
| Zhangzhou
|
舌仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
舌仔
|
| Zhao'an
|
舌
|
| Dongshan
|
舌
|
| Taipei
|
喙舌
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
喙舌
|
| Kaohsiung
|
舌
|
| Yilan
|
舌, 喙舌
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
舌
|
| Taichung
|
喙舌
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
喙舌
|
| Tainan
|
舌
|
| Taitung
|
喙舌
|
| Hsinchu
|
喙舌
|
| Kinmen
|
舌
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
舌
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
舌
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
舌
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
舌仔
|
| Longyan
|
舌仔
|
| Zhangping
|
舌
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
舌
|
| Datian
|
舌頭
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
舌頭
|
| Chaozhou
|
舌
|
| Shantou
|
舌
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
舌
|
| Jieyang
|
舌, 舌囝
|
| Haifeng
|
舌
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
舌
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
舌
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
舌
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
舌
|
| Leizhou
|
舌
|
| Wenchang
|
舌
|
| Haikou
|
舌
|
| Tunchang
|
舌
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
舌
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
喙舌
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
喙舌
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
喙舌
|
| Xianyou
|
喙舌
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
喙舌
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
喙舌
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
舌
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
舌
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
脷
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
舌
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
脷錢
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
脷錢
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
脷錢
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
舌頭
|
| Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
舌子
|
| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
舌頭
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
舌
|
| Fuding
|
嘴舌
|
| Luoyuan
|
嘴舌
|
| Sanming
|
舌
|
| Shunchang
|
舌
|
| Hua'an
|
舌
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
舌
|
| Cangnan
|
舌
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
舌
|
| Lishui
|
舌
|
| Longyou
|
舌
|
| Chaozhou
|
舌
|
| Fengshun
|
舌嫲
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
舌頭
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
舌頭, 門腔 slang
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
舌頭
|
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
|
舌頭
|
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
|
舌頭
|
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
|
舌頭
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
舌頭
|
| Suzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
|
舌頭
|
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
|
舌頭
|
| Wuxi
|
舌頭
|
| Changshu
|
舌頭
|
| Kunshan
|
舌頭
|
| Jiaxing
|
舌頭
|
| Changzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Liyang
|
舌頭
|
| Yixing
|
舌頭
|
| Danyang
|
舌頭
|
| Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
|
舌頭
|
| Jingjiang
|
舌頭
|
| Jiangyin
|
舌頭
|
| Huzhou (Shuanglin)
|
舌頭
|
| Hangzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Shaoxing
|
舌苔
|
| Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
|
舌頭
|
| Shengzhou (Chongren)
|
舌頭
|
| Shengzhou (Taiping)
|
舌頭
|
| Ningbo
|
舌頭
|
| Yuyao
|
舌頭
|
| Taizhou (Huangyan)
|
口舌
|
| Wenzhou
|
口舌
|
| Quzhou
|
舌頭
|
| Jinhua
|
口舌
|
| Yongkang
|
口舌
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
舌子
|
| Loudi
|
舌子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
舌子
|
| Hengyang
|
舌子
|
| Quanzhou
|
舌子
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
舌子
|
