指甲水

Chinese

		fingernail; toenail	water; river
trad. (指甲水)		指甲	水
simp. #(指甲水)		指甲	水

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³ seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaap³ seoi²
    • Yale: jí gaap séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

指甲水

1. (Guangzhou Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) nail polish
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) nail polish remover

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲油 (“nail polish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲油, 蔻丹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	指甲油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指甲水
	Hong Kong	指甲油
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	指甲水
Southern Min	Tainan	掌甲花
Wu	Shanghai	節掐油