指甲油

Chinese

		fingernail; toenail	oil; sly
trad. (指甲油)		指甲	油
simp. ^#(指甲油)		指甲	油

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐjiayóu, zhǐjiǎyóu, zhījiayóu

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄡˊ, ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³ jau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chéng-kah-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiayóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiåyóu
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chia⁵-yu²
  - Yale: jř-jya-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.jiayou
  - Palladius: чжицзяю (čžiczjaju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴ joʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiǎyóu [Phonetic: zhíjiǎyóu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiǎyóu
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chia³-yu²
  - Yale: jř-jyǎ-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjeayou
  - Palladius: чжицзяю (čžiczjaju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhījiayóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjiåyóu
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-chia⁵-yu²
  - Yale: jr̄-jya-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.jiayou
  - Palladius: чжицзяю (čžiczjaju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä² joʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gaap³ jau⁴
  - Yale: jí gaap yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ jɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-kah-iû
  - Tâi-lô: tsíng-kah-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefngkah'iuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iu²³/

Noun

指甲油

nail polish

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
Cantonese	Hong Kong	指甲油
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	指甲水
Southern Min	Tainan	掌甲花
Wu	Shanghai	節掐油