手巾

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Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er towel
simp. and trad.
(手巾) 		手 巾

Pronunciation

Noun

手巾

  1. hand towel
  2. handkerchief (piece of cloth carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  3. (Guanbao Cantonese) apron

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手帕 (“handkerchief”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 手帕, 手絹, 手巾
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 手絹兒, 娟子
Taiwan 手帕
Harbin 手絹兒, 鼻渟手巾 of children
Singapore 手巾
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 手絹, 手絹兒, 手巾, 小手巾兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 小手巾兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 手帕兒
Wanrong 手帕, 擦鼻子手巾
Xi'an 手帕兒
Xining 尕手巾
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 手帕
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 手巾子
Ürümqi 帕帕子, 手絹兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 手帕, 手帕子, 手巾, 手絹兒, 帕帕兒, 手巾兒
Wuhan 手袱子, 袱子, 小手巾
Guiyang 帕子, 手袱子 dated
Liuzhou 手帕, 手巾崽, 小手巾
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 手帕, 手勒兒
Yangzhou 絹頭, 手捏子
Hefei 小手巾
Cantonese Guangzhou 手巾仔
Hong Kong 手巾仔, 袋巾
Taishan (Guanghai) 手巾仔
Dongguan 手巾仔
Yangjiang 手巾仔
Hepu (Lianzhou) 揸巾
Hepu (Shatian) 手巾兒, 手帛
Beihai 手巾仔
Beihai (Nankang) 揸巾仔
Beihai (Yingpan) 手帕
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 揸巾, 手帕仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 揸巾
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 揸巾
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 手巾仔
Móng Cái 揸巾
Mandalay (Taishan) 手巾仔
Gan Nanchang 手捏子
Pingxiang 手巾, 鼻韌手巾 of children
Hakka Meixian 手帕, 手巾, 細手帕, 細手巾仔, 手巾仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手帕
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手帕
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手帕
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手帕
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手帕
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手帕
Jin Taiyuan 手絹兒, 片片, 絹絹
Xinzhou 小手巾
Northern Min Jian'ou 帕仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 手巾囝, 手巾, 汗巾
Southern Min Xiamen 手巾, 手巾仔
Quanzhou 手巾, 手巾仔
Jinjiang 手巾仔
Zhangzhou 手巾, 手巾仔
Zhangpu 手巾仔
Taipei 手巾仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 手巾仔
Kaohsiung 手巾仔
Yilan 手巾仔
Changhua (Lukang) 手巾仔
Taichung 手巾仔
Tainan 手巾仔
Hsinchu 手巾仔
Kinmen 手巾
Penghu (Magong) 手巾仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 手巾
Manila (Hokkien) 手巾, 手巾仔
Chaozhou 手布
Shantou 手布
Jieyang 手布
Singapore (Teochew) 手布
Haikou 手帕
Puxian Min Putian 手巾囝, 手巾, 鼻巾
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 手單
Xianyou 手巾囝, 手巾
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 手巾囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 手巾崽, 揸巾崽, 手布
Wu Shanghai 絹頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 絹頭
Suzhou 絹頭
Danyang 手帕, 小手巾
Hangzhou 帕兒
Wenzhou 手巾
Xiang Changsha 手帕, 小手巾
Loudi 小手巾
Shuangfeng 小手巾, 包巾子
  • (apron):
Dialectal synonyms of 圍裙 (“apron”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 圍裙, 肚兜
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 圍裙
Taiwan 圍裙
Harbin 圍腰子, 圍裙
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 圍裙, 飯單
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 圍裙
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 苫裙子
Wanrong (Ronghe) 腰裙子
Xi'an 圍裙子, 圍裙兒, 圍腰子
Xining 護裙
Xuzhou 圍裙
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 圍裙子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 圍裙子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 圍裙子, 圍裙
Lanzhou 圍裙子
Ürümqi 圍裙子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 圍腰
Wuhan 圍裙, 圍腰
Guiyang 圍腰
Guilin 圍裙
Liuzhou 圍裙
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 圍裙, 圍腰
Yangzhou 圍裙
Hefei 圍裙, 圍腰子
Cantonese Guangzhou 圍裙, 圍身
Hong Kong 圍裙
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 圍裙
Foshan 圍裙
Foshan (Shunde) 圍裙
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 圍裙
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 圍裙
Taishan 圍身
Kaiping (Chikan) 圍身
Dongguan 手巾, 圍裙
Shaoguan 圍裙
Yunfu 裙仔
Yangjiang 兜肚, 圍兜
Xinyi 圍裙
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 圍裙
Gan Nanchang 圍裙
Lichuan 圍條
Pingxiang 圍裙
Hakka Meixian 圍身裙
Yudu 幱裙
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 圍身裙
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 圍身裙
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 圍身裙
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 圍身裙
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 圍身裙
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 圍身裙, 圍裙
Hong Kong 圍身
Senai (Huiyang) 圍裙
Huizhou Jixi 腰布
Shexian 腰布, 圍腰裙
Huangshan (Tunxi) 圍裙
Jin Taiyuan 圍裙
Xinzhou 圍裙子
Northern Min Jian'ou 圍身裙, 圍裙
Jian'ou (Dikou) 下攔仔
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 攔身
Pucheng (Shibei) 圍身裙
Eastern Min Fuzhou 圍身裙
Fuqing 圍身裙
Southern Min Xiamen 圍身裙, 圍垂裙, 圍身巾, 煮食裙仔, 油身裙, 圍軀裙
Zhangzhou 圍軀裙
Zhao'an 裙圍仔
Taipei 圍軀裙, e-pú-lóng GT
New Taipei (Tamsui) 圍軀裙
New Taipei (Sanxia) 縖腰巾
New Taipei (Pingxi) 圍巾
Kaohsiung 圍軀裙, 腰肚仔, 圍軀裙仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 圍軀裙
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 圍軀裙
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 圍軀裙
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 圍軀裙
Yilan 圍軀裙仔
Yilan (Luodong) 圍軀裙仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 圍䘥仔
Changhua (Lukang) 圍軀裙, 裙肚
Changhua (Yongjing) 圍軀裙
Taichung 圍軀裙仔, 圍軀裙
Taichung (Wuqi) 圍軀裙
Tainan 圍軀裙, 煮食裙仔
Tainan (Anping) 圍軀裙, 煮食巾仔
Taitung 圍巾
Hsinchu 圍裙仔, 圍軀裙
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 圍軀裙
Kinmen 圍軀裙, 圍巾
Penghu (Magong) 下梭裙, 圍軀裙
Penghu (Xiyu) 圍裙
Singapore (Hokkien) 圍身巾, 圍巾
Chaozhou 圍腰布, 圍腰
Shantou 圍裙, 圍腰
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 圍裙
Haikou 裙腰
Puxian Min Putian 裙囝, 掩裙
Xianyou 裙囝, 圍身裙
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 圍身裙, 圍裙
Wu Shanghai 飯單, 圍身頭, 圍身
Shanghai (Chongming) 圍腰
Suzhou 圍身
Danyang 圍裙
Hangzhou 圍腰, 圍身裙兒
Ningbo 布襴, 圍身布襴
Wenzhou 圍身布
Jinhua 圍裙
Xiang Changsha 圍裙子, 圍裙, 腰圍裙
Loudi 圍腰, 圍身
Shuangfeng 圍身布
Hengyang 圍裙子
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “手巾”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 103.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 巾
しゅ
Grade: 1 		きん
Grade: S
goon kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

手(しゅ)巾(きん) • (shukin) 

  1. (hand) towel
    Synonym: 手ぬぐい (tenugui)
  2. handkerchief
    Synonym: ハンカチ (hankachi)

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
手巾

Noun

手巾 • (sugeon) (hangeul 수건)

  1. hanja form? of 수건 (“towel”)
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