手彎子

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	bend; bent	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (手彎子)		手	彎	子
simp. (手弯子)		手	弯	子

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): xiu³ uen¹ zr

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• Xiang
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: xiu³ uen¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯u³³ u̯ɛn⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

手彎子

1. (Hengyang Xiang) crook of the arm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 肘窩 (“crook of the arm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		肘窩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手彎
Southern Min	Xiamen	手彎, 手斡彎, 手後彎
	Quanzhou	手彎, 手斡彎
	Zhangzhou	手彎, 手斡彎, 手後彎
	Tainan	手彎 GT, 手斡彎 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	手曲
Wu	Wenzhou	手彎摜, 手彎兒
Xiang	Hengyang	手彎子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)