錶仔

Chinese

		watch	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (錶仔/表仔*)		錶/表	仔
simp. (表仔*)		表	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): biau¹ ê³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pió-á

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: biau¹ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /piau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pió-á
    • Tâi-lô: pió-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pioyar
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun

錶仔

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) watch (especially a wristwatch) (Classifier: 塊／块 mn; 粒 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手錶 (“wristwatch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手錶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手錶
	Taiwan	手錶
	Chifeng	手錶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	手錶
	Harbin	手錶
	Shenyang	手錶
	Singapore	手錶
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	手錶
	Tangshan	手錶
	Cangzhou	手錶
	Baoding	手錶
	Shijiazhuang	手錶
	Jinan	手錶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	手錶
	Qingdao	手錶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	手錶
	Wanrong	手錶
	Zhengzhou	手錶
	Xi'an	手錶
	Xining	手錶
	Xuzhou	手錶, 錶
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	錶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手錶
	Lanzhou	手錶
	Ürümqi	手錶, 錶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手錶
	Wuhan	手錶
	Guiyang	手錶
	Kunming	手錶
	Guilin	手錶
	Liuzhou	手錶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	手錶
	Yangzhou	手錶
	Nantong	手錶
	Hefei	手錶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手錶, 腕錶, 錶
	Hong Kong	手錶, 腕錶, 錶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	手錶
	Macau	手錶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	手錶, 錶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	手錶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	手錶, 錶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	手錶
	Foshan	手錶, 錶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錶, 手錶
	Foshan (Shunde)	錶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	手錶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	手錶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	手錶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	手錶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	手錶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	手錶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	手錶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	手錶
	Taishan	手錶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	手錶
	Enping (Niujiang)	手錶
	Heshan (Yayao)	手錶
	Dongguan	手錶, 錶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	手錶
	Shaoguan	手錶, 錶
	Yunfu	手錶
	Xinyi	手錶
	Lianjiang	手錶, 錶
	Nanning	手錶, 錶
	Wuzhou	手錶, 錶
	Yulin	手錶
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	手錶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	手錶, 錶
Gan	Nanchang	手錶
	Lichuan	手錶
	Pingxiang	手錶
Hakka	Meixian	手錶仔, 錶仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	手錶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	手錶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	手錶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	手錶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	手錶
	Yudu	手錶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	時錶仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手錶仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	手錶仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	手錶
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	時錶仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	時錶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	時錶, 手錶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	時錶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手錶, 時錶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	手錶
Huizhou	Jixi	手錶
	Shexian	手錶
Jin	Taiyuan	手錶
	Xinzhou	手錶
	Linhe	手錶
	Jining	手錶
	Hohhot	手錶
	Zhangjiakou	手錶
	Handan	手錶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手錶, 錶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手錶
	Fuqing	手錶
Southern Min	Xiamen	錶仔, 錶, 手錶
	Quanzhou	錶仔, 錶, 手錶
	Jinjiang	錶仔
	Zhangzhou	錶仔, 錶, 手錶
	Dongshan	手錶
	Taipei	手錶仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	手錶
	Kaohsiung	手錶仔
	Yilan	手錶仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	手錶仔
	Taichung	手錶, 手錶仔
	Tainan	手錶仔, 時錶
	Hsinchu	手錶仔
	Kinmen	手錶
	Penghu (Magong)	手錶
	Penang (Hokkien)	手錶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	手錶
	Manila (Hokkien)	手錶, 錶仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	手錶仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	手錶
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	手錶
	Singapore (Teochew)	手錶
	Leizhou	錶
	Haikou	手錶, 錶
Puxian Min	Putian	手錶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	手錶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	手錶
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	手錶
Wu	Shanghai	手錶, 錶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	手錶, 錶
	Suzhou	手錶
	Danyang	手錶
	Hangzhou	手錶
	Ningbo	手錶
	Wenzhou	手錶, 錶
	Jinhua	手錶
Xiang	Changsha	手錶
	Quanzhou	手錶

Derived terms

• 錶仔袋 / 表仔袋

Further reading

• “錶仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.