膕窩

Chinese

		hollow	nest
trad. (膕窩)		膕	窩
simp. (腘窝)		腘	窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guówō

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ wo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guówō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guówo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-wo¹
    • Yale: gwó-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwouo
    • Palladius: гово (govo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ wo¹
    • Yale: gwok wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ wɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

膕窩

1. (anatomy) poplit, popliteal space

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膕窩 (“popliteal space”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膕窩
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	胯彎, 彎彎
Hakka	Meixian	腳坳
	Yudu	腳彎, 膝頭彎
Huizhou	Jixi	腳膝腕
Jin	Taiyuan	圪膝彎子
Wu	Wenzhou	腳彎軋
Xiang	Hengyang	腳彎子