燈火碗

Chinese

		lights	bowl; cup
trad. (燈火碗)		燈火	碗
simp. (灯火碗)		灯火	碗

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): teng-hér-óaⁿ / teng-hé-óaⁿ / teng-hóe-óaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-hér-óaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ting-hér-uánn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-hé-óaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ting-hé-uánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: denghef'voar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-hóe-óaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ting-hué-uánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: denghoef'voar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

Noun

燈火碗

1. (Southern Min) kerosene lamp shaped like small bowls (used in the olden days)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, anatomy) patella; kneecap

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膝蓋骨 (“patella; kneecap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膝蓋骨, 髕骨
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	克膝蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	波羅蓋, 膝頭蓋
	Hong Kong	波羅蓋, 膝頭蓋
Hakka	Meixian	膝頭骨
	Yudu	膝頭蓋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跤鏡
Southern Min	Xiamen	燈火碗, 跤頭趺骨
	Quanzhou	跤頭趺骨
	Zhangzhou	燈火碗, 跤頭腕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跤頭趺骨
	Haikou	跤趺骨, 跤趺臍骨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	膝頭蓋, 膝頭尖, 膝頭
Wu	Jinhua	腳寶蓋
Xiang	Changsha	膝頭骨, 髂膝骨