肘窩

Chinese

		elbow; pork shoulder	nest
trad. (肘窩)		肘	窩
simp. (肘窝)		肘	窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǒuwō

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˇ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² wo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǒuwō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˇ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǒuwo
    • Wade–Giles: chou³-wo¹
    • Yale: jǒu-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joouuo
    • Palladius: чжоуво (čžouvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² wo¹
    • Yale: jáu wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

肘窩

1. (anatomy) 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)