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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
指紋
- loops and whorls on a finger
- fingerprint (Classifier: 枚)
- 採集指紋/采集指纹 ― cǎijí zhǐwén ― to collect fingerprints
Synonyms
- 手印 (shǒuyìn)
- 手指模 (sau2 zi2 mou4) (Cantonese)
- 手指腡 / 手指脶 (Hakka)
- 手模 (shǒumó)
- 手痕 (Hokkien)
- 指印 (zhǐyìn)
- 指模 (zi2 mou4) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
- 掌頭仔痕 / 掌头仔痕 (Hokkien)
- 節頭印 / 节头印 (7ciq-deu-in) (Wu)
- 紋腡 / 纹脶 (6ven-lu) (Wu)
Dialectal synonyms of
指紋 (“fingerprint”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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指紋
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Singapore
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指紋
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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手指模, 手紋
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Hong Kong
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指模, 手指模, 指紋
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Gan
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Lichuan
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手模
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Pingxiang
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手模
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Hakka
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Yudu
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手模, 手印
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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手指腡 †
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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手指腡 †
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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手指腡 †
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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手指腡 †
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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手指腡 †
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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手指腡 †, 手指痕
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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手模, 手印
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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手紋紋
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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手紋
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
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Quanzhou
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手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
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Zhangzhou
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手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手印 <>
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Wu
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Shanghai
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手紋, 紋腡, 指紋, 節頭印
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Note
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† - natural pattern on fingers; <> - pattern left on surfaces
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Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
指紋 • (shimon)
- fingerprint
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
指紋 • (jimun) (hangeul 지문)
- hanja form? of 지문