湖蜞扣

Chinese

		leech	10 percent; button; detain
trad. (湖蜞扣)		湖蜞	扣
simp. ^#(湖蜞扣)		湖蜞	扣

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): hou² ki² kao⁴

Puxian Min
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hou² ki² kao⁴ [Phonetic: hou⁵ ki¹ kao⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔu²⁴⁻²¹ kʰi²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kʰau⁴²/

Noun

湖蜞扣

(Xianyou Puxian Min) rubber band; elastic band

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 橡皮筋 (“rubber band; elastic band”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		橡皮筋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	猴皮筋兒, 橡皮筋兒, 皮筋兒, 猴兒筋兒
	Taiwan	橡皮筋
	Malaysia	樹膠圈
	Singapore	樹膠圈
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	皮筋兒, 猴筋兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	皮筋兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	橡皮圈兒, 橡皮筋兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	橡皮筋, 橡皮箍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	橡皮筋, 牛皮筋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	橡皮筋, 牛皮筋, 老鼠筋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橡筋, 橡筋箍
	Hong Kong	橡筋, 橡筋箍 dated
	Taishan	橡筋, 牛筋
	Yangjiang	膠箍仔
Gan	Nanchang	橡皮箍子
Hakka	Meixian	牛筋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	樹乳仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	樹乳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	樹乳仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	樹乳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	樹乳仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	樹乳
Jin	Taiyuan	猴皮筋, 猴皮筋兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牛筋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛筋
Southern Min	Xiamen	樹奶條, 樹奶環, 樹奶箍仔
	Quanzhou	樹奶環
	Zhangzhou	樹奶環, 樹奶箍仔
	Taipei	樹奶箍仔
	Kaohsiung	樹奶
	Yilan	樹奶
	Changhua (Lukang)	樹奶箍仔
	Taichung	樹奶
	Taichung (Wuqi)	樹奶束仔
	Tainan	樹奶, 樹奶箍仔
	Taitung	樹奶
	Hsinchu	樹奶
	Penghu (Magong)	樹奶箍仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	樹奶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	樹奶環, 樹奶箍
	Chaozhou	樹奶箍
	Shantou	樹奶箍
	Jieyang	樹奶箍
	Puning	樹奶, 樹皮奶
	Pontianak (Teochew)	樹奶箍
Puxian Min	Xianyou	樹奶圈, 湖蜞扣
Wu	Suzhou	牛皮筋, 橡皮筋
Wu	Wenzhou	橡皮丘兒
Xiang	Changsha	橡皮箍, 橡皮箍箍, 橡皮筋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	橡皮箍

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “湖蜞扣”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 280.