銅指

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Chinese

		copper	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (銅指)		銅	指
simp. (铜指)		铜	指

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tâng-cháiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang⁵ zoin²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-cháiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tâng-tsáinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangzvae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sãi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sãi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sãi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sãi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang⁵ zoin²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâng tsóiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sõĩ⁵²/

Noun

銅指

(Southern Min) thimble

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 頂針／顶针 (dǐngzhēn)

References

Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Commercial”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 123

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