鉗仔

Chinese

	pincers; pliers; tongs pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (鉗仔)	鉗	仔
simp. (钳仔)	钳	仔
alternative forms	鉗兒／钳儿 Hakka

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kim⁴ zai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiàm-é

(Meixian, Guangdong): kiam² ê³
Northern Min (KCR): kîng-ciě
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khîⁿ-á

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kim⁴ zai²
  - Yale: kìhm jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kim⁴ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kim⁴ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːm²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiàm-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiam^ˇ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiam² e³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯am¹¹ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kiam² ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiam¹¹ me³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kîng-ciě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: khînn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvi'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰĩ¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰĩ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰĩ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

鉗仔

(Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min) pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鉗子 (“pliers; pincers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鉗子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鉗子
	Taiwan	鉗子
	Harbin	鉗子
	Singapore	鉗子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鉗子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鉗子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鉗子
	Wanrong	鉗子
	Xi'an	鉗子
	Xining	鉗子
	Xuzhou	鉗子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鉗子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鉗子
	Wuhan	鉗子
	Guiyang	夾鉗
	Liuzhou	鉗子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鉗子
	Yangzhou	鉗子
	Hefei	鉗子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗, 鉗仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鉗, 鉗仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鉗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鉗仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鉗仔
	Macau	鉗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鉗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鉗
	Foshan	鉗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鉗
	Foshan (Shunde)	鉗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鉗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鉗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鉗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鉗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鉗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鉗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鉗
	Taishan	鉗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鉗
	Enping (Niujiang)	鉗
	Heshan (Yayao)	鉗
	Dongguan	鉗
	Yangjiang	鉗仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鉗仔
Gan	Nanchang	鉗子
Gan	Lichuan	鉗兒
Hakka	Meixian	鉗仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鉗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鉗仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鉗仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鉗
	Yudu	鉗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉗
	Hong Kong	鉗仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	鉗仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	鉗
	Singkawang	鉗
Jin	Taiyuan	鉗子
Jin	Xinzhou	鉗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉗仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鉗囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉗仔
	Quanzhou	鉗仔
	Zhangzhou	鉗仔
	Zhao'an	鉗仔
	Tainan	鉗仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	鉗仔
	Chaozhou	鉗囝
	Shantou	鉗囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鉗囝
	Jieyang	鉗, 鉗囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鉗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鉗囝
	Haikou	鉗囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鉗
Wu	Shanghai	鉗子
	Suzhou	鉗子
	Hangzhou	鉗子
	Ningbo	鉗子
	Wenzhou	夾鉗兒, 鉗兒
Xiang	Changsha	鉗子
	Loudi	鉗子
	Shuangfeng	鉗子