虎頭夾仔

Chinese

		tiger	head; (noun suffix)	clip; tongs; peg clip; tongs; peg; clamp; lined jacket
trad. (虎頭夾仔)		虎	頭	夾仔
simp. (虎头夹仔)		虎	头	夹仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-thâu-ngeh-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thâu-ngeh-á
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-thâu-ngeh-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoftaungeh'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ ŋẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun

虎頭夾仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) pincer pliers; lineman's pliers

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老虎鉗 (“lineman's pliers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老虎鉗, 虎頭鉗
Mandarin	Taiwan	老虎鉗
	Harbin	老虎鉗子
	Jinan	老虎鉗
	Luoyang	老虎鉗子
	Xi'an	老虎鉗
	Ürümqi	老虎鉗子
	Wuhan	老虎鉗子
	Chengdu	老虎鉗, 鋼絲鉗
	Xuzhou	老虎鉗, 老虎鉗子
	Yangzhou	老虎鉗子, 手鉗
	Nanjing	老虎鉗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	老虎鉗
	Dongguan	老虎鉗, 蟹鉗, 那鉗
Gan	Nanchang	老虎鉗子
	Lichuan	老虎鉗, 老虎鉗兒
Hakka	Meixian	虎頭鉗
	Yudu	老虎鉗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老虎鉗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老虎鉗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老虎鉗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老虎鉗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老虎鉗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鐵鉗
Huizhou	Jixi	老虎鉗
Jin	Taiyuan	老虎鉗子
	Xinzhou	老虎鉗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎鉗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老虎鉗
Southern Min	Xiamen	虎頭鉗
	Quanzhou	虎頭鉗
	Zhangzhou	虎頭鉗
	Taipei	虎頭夾仔 GT
	Jieyang	虎頭夾
	Haikou	老虎鉗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老虎鉗, 鐵鉗
Wu	Shanghai	老虎鉗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老虎鉗
	Suzhou	老虎鉗
	Danyang	老虎鉗
	Hangzhou	老虎鉗
	Ningbo	老虎鉗
	Wenzhou	老虎鉗, 尖嘴鉗(兒)
	Jinhua	老虎鉗
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)