| iron nail; wire nail | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鐵釘仔) | 鐵釘 | 仔 | |
| simp. (铁钉仔) | 铁钉 | 仔 | |
鐵釘仔
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 釘子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 釘子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 釘子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 釘子 |
| Wanrong | 釘子 | |
| Xi'an | 釘子 | |
| Xining | 釘子 | |
| Xuzhou | 釘子, 釘, 洋釘, 洋釘子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 釘子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 釘子 |
| Wuhan | 釘子 | |
| Guiyang | 釘子 | |
| Liuzhou | 釘子 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 釘子 |
| Yangzhou | 釘子, 釘, 洋釘 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 釘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 釘子 |
| Lichuan | 釘仔 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 釘子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 釘子 |
| Xinzhou | 釘子 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 釘仔, 鐵釘, 鐵釘子 |
| Quanzhou | 釘仔, 鐵釘, 鐵釘子 | |
| Zhangzhou | 釘仔, 鐵釘, 鐵釘子 | |
| Tainan | 釘仔 GT | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 釘子, 洋釘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 釘子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |