冒號

冒號

Chinese

		to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry
trad. (冒號)		冒	號
simp. (冒号)		冒	号

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màohào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ hou⁶, mou⁶ hou^6-2
• Min Nan (POJ): mō͘-hō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màohào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màohào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: màu-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawhaw
    • Palladius: маохао (maoxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màohàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄏㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màohàor
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-haorh⁴
    • Yale: màu-hàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawhawl
    • Palladius: маохаор (maoxaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ hou⁶, mou⁶ hou^6-2
    • Yale: mouh houh, mouh hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ hou⁶, mou⁶ hou^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ hou⁶, mou⁶ hou^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² hou̯²²/, /mou̯²² hou̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-hō
    • Tâi-lô: mōo-hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moxhoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²²⁻²¹ ho²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² ho⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃²²⁻²¹ ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃³³⁻²¹ hɤ³³/

Noun

冒號

1. colon (：)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 冒號 (“colon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冒號
Mandarin	Beijing	冒號兒
	Taiwan	冒號
	Singapore	冒號
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雙點兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	冒號
Min Nan	Xiamen	冒號
	Quanzhou	冒號
	Zhangzhou	冒號

Related terms

• 分號／分号 (fēnhào)