挖耳

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	ear
trad. (挖耳)		挖	耳
simp. #(挖耳)		挖	耳
anagram		耳挖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ ji⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷uaq-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-êrh³
    • Yale: wā-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaeel
    • Palladius: ваэр (vaer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat³ ji⁵
    • Yale: waat yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad³ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ jiː¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷uaq-gni
    • MiniDict: uah^入 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴uaq-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /uaʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Verb

挖耳

1. to pick one's ears (to get rid of wax)

Noun

挖耳

1. earpick

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳挖子 (“earpick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳挖子, 耳勺子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	耳挖勺兒, 耳挖子, 消息兒, 耳捻子
	Taiwan	耳挖子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	耳彎勺兒, 挖耳勺兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	耳勺兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	挖耳勺兒
	Xi'an	挖耳勺兒
	Xining	耳挖子
	Xuzhou	耳挖子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	挖耳子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挖耳子
	Wuhan	挖耳
	Guiyang	挖耳瓢
	Liuzhou	挖耳瓢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	耳扒, 耳挖子
	Yangzhou	耳扒子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳挖
	Hong Kong	耳挖
	Taishan	耳挖, 耳屎捋
	Dongguan	耳搭
Gan	Nanchang	挖耳子, 挖耳耙子
	Lichuan	耳屎耙, 耳屎耙兒
	Pingxiang	耳屎耙子, 挖耳耙子
Hakka	Meixian	耳耙仔
	Yudu	耳挖子
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵挖, 耳朵扒
Jin	Taiyuan	挖匙子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳耙仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳扒, 耳扒囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息
	Quanzhou	鉤耳仔, 消息
	Zhangzhou	鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息
	Tainan	耳扒仔, 鉤耳
	Leizhou	鉤耳仔
	Haikou	耳挖, 耳鉤, 挖耳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳挖, 挖耳殼
Wu	Shanghai	挖耳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挖耳
	Suzhou	挖耳
	Danyang	耳朵扒子
	Hangzhou	耳勺兒
	Ningbo	挖耳, 耳朵彎
	Wenzhou	耳朵爬兒
	Jinhua	耳朵挖兒, 挖耳
Xiang	Changsha	挖耳子
	Loudi	挖耳子

Derived terms

• 挖耳勺 (wā'ěrsháo)