指甲

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Chinese

finger; to point; to direct
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
 
 1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
trad. (指甲) 指 甲
simp. #(指甲) 指 甲

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

指甲

  1. fingernail
    塗指甲／涂指甲  ―  tú zhǐjia  ―  to paint nails
  2. toenail
Synonyms
  • (fingernail):
Dialectal synonyms of 指甲 (“fingernail”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 指甲
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 指甲, 指甲蓋兒
Taiwan 指甲
Singapore 指甲
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 指甲, 指甲蓋兒, 手指甲
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 指甲, 手指甲
Xi'an 指甲, 指甲蓋兒
Xining 指甲
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 指甲
Ürümqi 指甲
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋
Wuhan 指甲殼, 指甲篷
Liuzhou 手指甲
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 指甲, 指甲殼
Yangzhou 指掐, 指掐棚子
Hefei 指甲
Cantonese Guangzhou 手指甲, 手甲
Hong Kong 手指甲, 指甲, 手甲
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 指甲
Macau 手甲
Guangzhou (Panyu) 手指甲
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 手指甲
Guangzhou (Conghua) 指甲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 手指甲
Foshan 手指甲
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 手甲
Foshan (Shunde) 手指甲
Foshan (Sanshui) 手指甲
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 手指甲
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 指甲
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 指甲
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 手甲
Zhuhai (Doumen) 手指甲
Jiangmen (Baisha) 手甲
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 手甲
Taishan 手甲
Kaiping (Chikan) 手甲
Enping (Niujiang) 手甲
Heshan (Yayao) 手指甲
Dongguan 手指甲, 手甲
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 手指甲
Yangjiang 手甲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 手甲
Gan Nanchang 指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子
Lichuan 手節甲
Pingxiang 指甲, 手指甲
Hakka Meixian 手指甲
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 指甲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 手指甲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 指甲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 手指甲
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 指甲
Yudu 指甲, 手指甲
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手指甲, 手爪
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手指甲, 手爪
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手指甲, 手爪
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手指甲, 手爪
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手指甲, 手爪
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手甲, 手爪
Senai (Huiyang) 手指甲
Huizhou Jixi 指甲, 手指甲
Jin Taiyuan 指甲, 指掐
Xinzhou 指甲
Northern Min Jian'ou 手甲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 掌甲, 手掌甲
Southern Min Xiamen 掌甲
Quanzhou 掌甲, 手爪
Zhangzhou 掌甲
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 掌甲
Zhao'an 掌甲
Taipei 掌甲
New Taipei (Sanxia) 掌甲
Kaohsiung 掌甲
Yilan 掌甲
Changhua (Lukang) 掌甲
Taichung 掌甲
Tainan 掌甲
Hsinchu 掌甲
Kinmen 掌甲
Penghu (Magong) 掌甲
Penang (Hokkien) 掌甲
Singapore (Hokkien) 掌甲
Manila (Hokkien) 掌甲
Longyan 手指甲
Chaozhou 掌甲
Jieyang 指甲
Bangkok (Teochew) 指甲
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 掌甲
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 指甲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 指甲, 手甲, 手指甲
Wu Shanghai 手節掐, 手指掐, 節掐子
Suzhou 節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐
Wenzhou 手指甲, 指甲
Jinhua 手指甲
Xiang Changsha 指甲子
Shuangfeng 指甲子
Hengyang 指甲
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 指甲 – see 掌甲 (“fingernail”).
(This term is a variant form of 掌甲).
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