| to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | spoon; key | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (挖匙子) | 挖 | 匙 | 子 | |
| simp. #(挖匙子) | 挖 | 匙 | 子 | |
挖匙子
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 耳挖子, 耳勺子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耳挖勺兒, 耳挖子, 消息兒, 耳捻子 |
| Taiwan | 耳挖子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 耳彎勺兒, 挖耳勺兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 耳勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 挖耳勺兒 |
| Xi'an | 挖耳勺兒 | |
| Xining | 耳挖子 | |
| Xuzhou | 耳挖子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 挖耳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挖耳子 |
| Wuhan | 挖耳 | |
| Guiyang | 挖耳瓢 | |
| Liuzhou | 挖耳瓢 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 耳扒, 耳挖子 |
| Yangzhou | 耳扒子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 耳挖 |
| Hong Kong | 耳挖 | |
| Taishan | 耳挖, 耳屎捋 | |
| Dongguan | 耳搭 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 挖耳子, 挖耳耙子 |
| Lichuan | 耳屎耙, 耳屎耙兒 | |
| Pingxiang | 耳屎耙子, 挖耳耙子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 耳耙仔 |
| Yudu | 耳挖子 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 耳朵挖, 耳朵扒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 挖匙子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 耳耙仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 耳扒, 耳扒囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息 |
| Quanzhou | 鉤耳仔, 消息 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息 | |
| Tainan | 耳扒仔, 鉤耳 | |
| Leizhou | 鉤耳仔 | |
| Haikou | 耳挖, 耳鉤, 挖耳 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耳挖, 挖耳殼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 挖耳 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 挖耳 | |
| Suzhou | 挖耳 | |
| Danyang | 耳朵扒子 | |
| Hangzhou | 耳勺兒 | |
| Ningbo | 挖耳, 耳朵彎 | |
| Wenzhou | 耳朵爬兒 | |
| Jinhua | 耳朵挖兒, 挖耳 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 挖耳子 |
| Loudi | 挖耳子 | |