| to hold with both hands | band; belt; girdle band; belt; girdle; ribbon; area; zone; region; wear; carry; lead; bring; consists of; show; and | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (掬帶) | 掬 | 帶 | |
| simp. (掬带) | 掬 | 带 | |
掬帶
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鬆緊帶 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鬆緊帶兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鬆緊帶兒 |
| Wanrong | 鬆緊帶兒 | |
| Xi'an | 鬆緊帶兒 | |
| Xining | 鬆緊帶 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 箍襪帶, 鬆緊帶, 縮緊帶 |
| Liuzhou | 束筋帶, 束緊帶, 鬆緊帶 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鬆緊帶 |
| Yangzhou | 鬆緊帶子 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 勼帶 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 勼帶 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 勼帶 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 勼帶 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 勼帶 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 勼帶 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鬆緊帶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 猴皮筋兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛筋帶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 樹奶帶, 掬帶 |
| Quanzhou | 樹奶帶, 掬帶 | |
| Zhangzhou | 樹奶帶, 掬帶 | |
| Tainan | 糾帶 GT | |
| Wu | Danyang | 鬆緊帶 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |