跤頭趺骨

Chinese

		knee	bone
trad. (跤頭趺骨)		跤頭趺	骨
simp. (跤头趺骨)		跤头趺	骨
alternative forms		骹頭趺骨／骹头趺骨 腳頭趺骨／脚头趺骨

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha-thâu-hu-kut / kha-thâu-u-kut

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha-thâu-hu-kut
    • Tâi-lô: kha-thâu-hu-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qa'tau'hu'kud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa³³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² hu³³ kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha-thâu-u-kut
    • Tâi-lô: kha-thâu-u-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qa'tau'u'kud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² u⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ u⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/

Noun

跤頭趺骨

1. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Singapore Hokkien) 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