油耳

油耳

Chinese

		oil; sly	ear
trad. (油耳)		油	耳
simp. #(油耳)		油	耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): jau⁴ ji⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu³ ngei²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù-ngí
• Min Nan (POJ): iû-hī / iû-hīⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-êrh³
    • Yale: yóu-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youeel
    • Palladius: юэр (juer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ ji⁵
    • Yale: yàuh yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jiː¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiu³ ngei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu²² ᵑɡei⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-ngí
    • Hakka Romanization System: iuˇ ngi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu<sup>2</sup> ngi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ ɲi³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-ngí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˇ ngi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² ngi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ ɲi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-hī
    • Tâi-lô: iû-hī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'hi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² hi²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² hi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-hīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iû-hīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'hvi
    • IPA (Tainan): /iu²⁴⁻³³ hĩ³³/

Noun

油耳

1. wet type earwax (one of the two types of earwax found in the Chinese people, commonly found in Southern Chinese; see Earwax#Physiology)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 油耳 (“wet type earwax”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		油耳
Mandarin	Taiwan	油耳
	Guiyang	油耳
	Liuzhou	油耳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	油耳
	Hong Kong	油耳
	Taishan	油耳
	Dongguan	油耳
Hakka	Meixian	油耳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	油耳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	油耳, 濕耳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	油耳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	油耳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	油耳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	油耳
Min Nan	Xiamen	油耳, 澹耳
	Quanzhou	澹耳
	Zhangzhou	油耳
	Tainan	油耳, 澹耳
	Jieyang	油耳
Wu	Wenzhou	油耳朵

Antonyms

• 糠耳 (kāng'ěr)
• (Min Nan) 焦耳 (ta-hī)