Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
耵
|
聹
|
| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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| No.
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2388
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9560
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Phonetic
component
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丁
|
寧
|
Rime
group
|
耕
|
耕
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
頂
|
𩕳
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*teːŋʔ/
|
/*neːŋʔ/
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| Notes
|
見靈樞
|
見靈樞
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Noun
耵聹
- (literary or formal) earwax; cerumen
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
耳垢 (“earwax”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
耳垢, 耵聹
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
耳屎, 耳殘, 耳朵底子
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| Taiwan
|
耳屎
|
| Chengde
|
耳塞
|
| Chifeng
|
耳塞子
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
耳塞子, 耳殘, 耳碎
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| Qiqihar
|
耳殘
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| Harbin
|
耳殘, 耳屎, 耳塞
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| Jiamusi
|
耳屎, 耳殘
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| Baicheng
|
耳塞
|
| Changchun
|
耳殘
|
| Tonghua
|
耳殘
|
| Shenyang
|
耳殘
|
| Jinzhou
|
耳殘
|
| Singapore
|
耳屎
|
| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
|
耳碎
|
| Tangshan
|
耳朵痰
|
| Cangzhou
|
耳屎, 耳碎
|
| Baoding
|
耳碎
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
耳屎
|
| Lijin
|
耳碎
|
| Jinan
|
耳碎
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
耳蛹子
|
| Dandong
|
耳殘, 耳絨子
|
| Yantai
|
耳蛹兒
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
耳蛹兒
|
| Rongcheng
|
耳底子
|
| Qingdao
|
耳蛹兒
|
| Zhucheng
|
耳塞, 耳蛹
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
耳塞
|
| Jining
|
耳碎
|
| Wanrong
|
耳塞子
|
| Linfen
|
耳碎
|
| Shangqiu
|
耳屎
|
| Yuanyang
|
耳屎, 耳垢
|
| Zhengzhou
|
耳眵
|
| Xinyang
|
耳屎
|
| Baihe
|
耳屎, 耳塞
|
| Xi'an
|
耳屎, 耳朵屎, 耳塞
|
| Baoji
|
耳屎
|
| Tianshui
|
耳屎
|
| Xining
|
耳塞, 耳屎
|
| Xuzhou
|
耳碎, 耳碎子, 耳屎
|
| Fuyang
|
耳眵
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
耳屎
|
| Bayanhot
|
耳塞
|
| Lanzhou
|
耳屎
|
| Dunhuang
|
耳塞
|
| Hami
|
耳屎
|
| Ürümqi
|
耳塞
|
| Jimsar
|
耳塞
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
耳屎
|
| Nanchong
|
耳屎, 耳糞
|
| Dazhou
|
耳屎
|
| Hanyuan
|
耳屎
|
| Xichang
|
耳屎, 耳結
|
| Zigong
|
耳屎
|
| Chongqing
|
耳屎
|
| Wuhan
|
耳屎, 耳塞, 耳㞎㞎
|
| Yichang
|
耳屎
|
| Xiangyang
|
耳屎
|
| Tianmen
|
耳屎, 耳屎㞎㞎
|
| Guiyang
|
耳屎
|
| Zunyi
|
耳屎
|
| Bijie
|
耳屎
|
| Liping
|
耳屎
|
| Zhaotong
|
耳屎, 耳結
|
| Dali
|
耳屎
|
| Kunming
|
耳屎
|
| Mengzi
|
耳屎
|
| Guilin
|
耳屎
|
| Liuzhou
|
耳屎
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
耳屎
|
| Jishou
|
耳屎
|
| Changde
|
耳屎
|
| Hanzhong
|
耳屎, 耳塞
|
| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
耳屎
|
| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
耳屎
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
耳屎
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
耳朵屎
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
耳屎
|
| Yangzhou
|
耳屎
|
| Lianyungang
|
耳塞子
|
| Lianshui
|
耳塞子
|
| Nantong
|
耳屎, 耳塞
|
| Anqing
|
耳朵屎
|
| Wuhu
|
耳屎
|
| Hefei
|
耳屎
|
| Hong'an
|
耳屎
|
| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
耳屎
|
| Hong Kong
|
耳屎
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
耳屎
|
| Macau
|
耳屎
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
耳屎
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
耳屎
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
耳屎
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
耳屎
|
| Foshan
|
耳屎
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
耳屎
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
耳屎
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
耳屎
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
耳屎
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
耳屎
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
耳屎
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
耳屎
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
耳屎
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
耳屎
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
耳屎
|
| Taishan
|
耳屎
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
耳屎
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
耳屎
|
| Dongguan
|
耳屎
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
耳屎
|
| Qingyuan
|
耳屎
|
| Fogang
|
耳屎
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
耳屎
|
| Yangshan
|
耳屎
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
耳屎
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
耳屎
|
| Shaoguan
|
耳屎
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Renhua
|
耳屎
|
| Lechang
|
耳屎
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
耳屎
|
| Sihui
|
耳屎
|
| Guangning
|
耳屎
|
| Deqing
|
耳茄, 耳屎
|
| Huaiji
|
耳屎
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
耳屎
|
| Yunfu
|
耳屎
|
| Xinxing
|
耳屎
|
| Luoding
|
耳屎
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
耳屎
|
| Xinyi
|
耳屎
|
| Lianjiang
|
耳屎
|
| Nanning
|
耳屎
|
| Nanning (Tanka)
|
耳屎
|
| Wuzhou
|
耳屎
|
| Yulin
|
耳屎
|
| Rongxian
|
耳屎
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
耳屎
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
耳屎
|
| Guiping
|
耳屎
|
| Guiping (Mule)
|
耳屎
|
| Pingnan
|
耳屎
|
| Guigang (Gangcheng)
|
耳屎
|
| Guigang (Pingdong)
|
耳屎
|
| Beihai
|
耳屎
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
耳屎
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
耳屎
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
耳屎
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
耳屎
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
耳屎
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
耳屎
|
| Ipoh (Guangfu)
|
耳屎
|
| Sarikei (Xinhui)
|
耳屎
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
耳屎
|
| Móng Cái
|
耳屎
|
| Bangkok (Guangfu)
|
耳屎
|
| Betong (Rongxian)
|
耳屎
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
耳屎
|
| Pengze
|
耳刀屎
|
| Lichuan
|
耳屎
|
| Pingxiang
|
耳屎
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
耳屎
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
耳屎
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
耳屎
|
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
耳屎
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
耳屎
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
耳屎
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
耳屎
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
耳屎
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
耳屎
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
耳垢
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
耳屎
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
耳屎
|
| Jiexi
|
耳屎
|
| Luhe
|
耳屎
|
| Nanjing (Meilin)
|
耳屎
|
| Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)
|
耳屎
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| Changting
|
耳屎
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| Longyan (Yongding)
|
耳屎
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
耳屎
|
| Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)
|
耳屎
|
| Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)
|
耳屎
|
| Wuping (Zhongshan)
|
耳屎
|
| Liancheng (Peitian)
|
耳屎
|
| Liancheng (Zhongbao)
|
耳屎
|
| Liancheng (Laiyuan)
|
耳屎
|
| Yudu
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
耳屎
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| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
耳屎
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| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
耳屎
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
耳屎
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
耳屎
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
耳屎
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| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
|
耳屎
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
耳屎
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| Hong Kong
|
耳屎
|
| Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)
|
耳屎
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
耳屎
|
| Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)
|
耳屎
|
| Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)
|
耳屎
|
| Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)
|
耳屎
|
| Xingye (Gaofeng)
|
耳屎
|
| Rongxian (Xiandi)
|
耳屎
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
耳屎
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
耳屎
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
耳屎
|
| Singkawang
|
耳屎
|
| Bangkok (Meixian)
|
耳屎
|
| Bangkok (Fengshun)
|
耳屎
|
| Bangkok (Jiexi)
|
耳屎
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
耳朵屎
|
| Shexian
|
耳朵屎
|
| Fuliang
|
耳屎
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
耳柴, 耳碎
|
| Yangyuan
|
耳塞
|
| Datong
|
耳塞
|
| Xinzhou
|
耳心
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
耳塞, 抵耳
|
| Changzhi
|
耳塞
|
| Linhe
|
耳塞
|
| Jining
|
耳塞
|
| Hohhot
|
耳塞
|
| Erenhot
|
耳塞
|
| Pingshan
|
耳塞
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
耳塞
|
| Handan
|
耳塞
|
| Linzhou
|
耳塞兒
|
| Suide
|
耳塞
|
| Jiuxing Yumin
|
Lanxi
|
耳朵惡
|
| 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
|
| Zhao'an
|
耳屎
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
耳屎
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
耳屎
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
耳屎
|
| Kaohsiung
|
耳屎
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
耳屎
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
耳屎
|
| Yilan
|
耳屎
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
耳屎
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
耳屎
|
| Changhua (Yongjing)
|
耳屎
|
| Taichung
|
耳屎
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
耳屎
|
| Tainan
|
耳屎
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
耳屎
|
| Taitung
|
耳屎
|
| Hsinchu
|
耳屎
|
| Miaoli (Houlong)
|
耳屎
|
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
|
耳屎
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
耳屎
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
耳屎
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
耳仔屎
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
耳屎
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
耳屎
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
耳屎
|
| Pingnan (Sijie)
|
耳仔屎
|
| Pingle (Zhoutang)
|
耳仔屎
|
| Lechang (Tatou)
|
耳仔屎
|
| Yingde (Yuzui)
|
耳屎
|
| Yunan (Liantan)
|
耳屎
|
| Chaozhou
|
耳屎
|
| Shantou
|
耳屎
|
| Haifeng
|
耳屎
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
| Chiang Mai (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
| Hat Yai (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
耳屎
|
| Leizhou
|
耳屎
|
| Wenchang
|
耳屎
|
| Haikou
|
耳屎
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
耳屎
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
耳屎
|
| Xianyou
|
耳屎
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
耳屎
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
耳屎
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
耳仔屎
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
耳屎
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
耳屎, 耳朵屎
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
耳朵屎
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
耳屎
|
| Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
耳屎
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
耳馬
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
耳末, 耳毛
|
| Shanghai (Jiading)
|
起馬
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
新人惡
|
| Suzhou
|
膜
|
| Danyang
|
耳朵屎
|
| Hangzhou
|
耳朵惡
|
| Ningbo
|
耳朵惡
|
| Wenzhou
|
耳朵惡
|
| Jinhua
|
耳朵惡
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
耳屎
|
| Xiangtan
|
耳屎
|
| Loudi
|
耳屎, 耳朵屎
|
| Hengyang
|
耳朵屎
|
| Quanzhou
|
耳朵屎, 耳屎
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Dong'an
|
耳朵屎
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| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
耳屎
|
| Renhua (Shitang)
|
耳屎
|
| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
耳屎
|
| Lechang (Changlai)
|
耳屎
|
| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
耳屎
|
| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
耳朵屎
|
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
耳屎
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
耳屎
|
Derived terms