鉗囝

Chinese

		pincers; pliers; tongs pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag	child
trad. (鉗囝)		鉗	囝
simp. (钳囝)		钳	囝

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): kìng-giāng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kieng² gyor³ / keng² goe³ / keng² gua³ / kieng² gyann³ / kieng² giann³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kiam⁵ gian²

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kìng-giāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(k-)ŋiaŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kieng² gyor³ [Phonetic: kieng⁵ ngyor³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kiáng-giô̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋyɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: keng² goe³ [Phonetic: keng⁵ ngoe³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋœ⁴⁵³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: keng² gua³ [Phonetic: keng⁵ ngua³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe̞ŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋua⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kieng² gyann³ [Phonetic: kieng⁵ mia³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)mia³³²/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kieng² gyann³ [Phonetic: kieng⁵ ngya³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋya³³²/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kieng² giann³ [Phonetic: kieng⁵ mia³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)mia³³²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kiam⁵ gian²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâm kiáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵²/

Noun

鉗囝

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Teochew, Hainanese) pliers; pincers

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鉗子 (“pliers; pincers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鉗子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鉗子
	Taiwan	鉗子
	Harbin	鉗子
	Singapore	鉗子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鉗子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鉗子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鉗子
	Wanrong	鉗子
	Xi'an	鉗子
	Xining	鉗子
	Xuzhou	鉗子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鉗子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鉗子
	Wuhan	鉗子
	Guiyang	夾鉗
	Liuzhou	鉗子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鉗子
	Yangzhou	鉗子
	Hefei	鉗子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗, 鉗仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鉗, 鉗仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鉗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鉗仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鉗仔
	Macau	鉗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鉗
	Foshan	鉗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鉗
	Foshan (Shunde)	鉗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鉗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鉗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鉗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鉗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鉗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鉗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鉗
	Taishan	鉗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鉗
	Enping (Niujiang)	鉗
	Heshan (Yayao)	鉗
	Dongguan	鉗
	Yangjiang	鉗仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鉗仔
Gan	Nanchang	鉗子
Gan	Lichuan	鉗兒
Hakka	Meixian	鉗仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鉗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鉗仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鉗仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鉗
	Yudu	鉗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	鉗仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	鉗
	Singkawang	鉗
Jin	Taiyuan	鉗子
Jin	Xinzhou	鉗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉗仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鉗囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉗仔
	Quanzhou	鉗仔
	Zhangzhou	鉗仔
	Zhao'an	鉗仔
	Tainan	鉗仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	鉗仔
	Chaozhou	鉗囝
	Shantou	鉗囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鉗囝
	Jieyang	鉗, 鉗囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鉗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鉗囝
	Haikou	鉗囝
Puxian Min	Putian	鉗囝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鉗囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鉗囝
	Xianyou	鉗囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鉗囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鉗囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鉗
Wu	Shanghai	鉗子
	Suzhou	鉗子
	Hangzhou	鉗子
	Ningbo	鉗子
	Wenzhou	夾鉗兒, 鉗兒
Xiang	Changsha	鉗子
	Loudi	鉗子
	Shuangfeng	鉗子

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “771 钳子”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 366.