指甲

Chinese

	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	1st heavenly stem; armor; shell
trad. (指甲)	指	甲
simp. ^#(指甲)	指	甲
alternative forms	掌甲 (chńg-kah; chéng-; chín-) Min Nan 拃甲 (chńg-kah; chéng-; chín-) Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhǐjia, zhǐjiǎ, zhījia

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ, ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ

(Chengdu, SP): zi³ jia²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зыҗя (zɨži͡a, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³
Gan (Wiktionary): ziit⁶ gat
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-kap
Jin (Wiktionary): zeh⁴ jiah⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chí-kah / chńg-kah / chéng-kah / chín-kah
Wu (Wiktionary): ²tsr-khaq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjia
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiå
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chia⁵
  - Yale: jř-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.jia
  - Palladius: чжицзя (čžiczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥jä⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiǎ [Phonetic: zhíjiǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chia³
  - Yale: jř-jyǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjea
  - Palladius: чжицзя (čžiczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    指甲
    趾甲
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhījia
  - Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjiå
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-chia⁵
  - Yale: jr̄-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.jia
  - Palladius: чжицзя (čžiczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥jä²/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zi³ jia²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z gia
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵³ t͡ɕia²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зыҗя (zɨži͡a, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²⁴ t͡ɕia²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi² gaap³
  - Yale: jí gaap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³/
  - Homophones:
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    指甲
    趾甲
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ziit⁶ gat
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɨt̚⁵ kat̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-kap
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii` gab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ gab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ kap̚²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zeh⁴ jiah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-kah
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-kah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chńg-kah
  - Tâi-lô: tsńg-kah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zngfkaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sŋ̍⁵³⁻²⁴ kaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-kah
  - Tâi-lô: tsíng-kah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefngkaq
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kaʔ²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-kah
  - Tâi-lô: tsín-kah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cynkaq

Note: chńg-kah/chéng-kah/chín-kah - etymologically unrelated.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ²tsr-khaq
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩³³ kʰa̱ʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

指甲

fingernail
塗指甲／涂指甲 ― tú zhǐjia ― to paint nails
toenail

Synonyms

(fingernail):

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲 (“fingernail”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲
Mandarin	Beijing	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Taiwan	指甲
	Jinan	指甲, 指甲蓋兒, 手指甲
	Luoyang	指甲, 手指甲
	Xi'an	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Yinchuan	指甲
	Xining	指甲
	Ürümqi	指甲
	Wuhan	指甲殼, 指甲篷
	Chengdu	指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋
	Liuzhou	手指甲
	Yangzhou	指掐, 指掐棚子
	Nanjing	指甲, 指甲殼
	Hefei	指甲
	Singapore	指甲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指甲, 手甲
	Hong Kong	手指甲, 指甲, 手甲
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	指甲
	Macau	手甲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	手指甲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	手指甲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	指甲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	手指甲
	Foshan	手指甲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	手甲
	Foshan (Shunde)	手指甲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	手指甲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	手指甲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	指甲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	指甲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	手甲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	手指甲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	手甲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	手甲
	Taishan	手甲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	手甲
	Enping (Niujiang)	手甲
	Heshan (Yayao)	手指甲
	Dongguan	手指甲, 手甲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	手指甲
	Yangjiang	手甲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	手甲
Gan	Nanchang	指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子
Gan	Pingxiang	指甲, 手指甲
Hakka	Meixian	手指甲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	指甲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	手指甲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	指甲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	手指甲
	Conghua (Lütian)	指甲
	Yudu	指甲, 手指甲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指甲, 手爪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手指甲, 手爪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指甲, 手爪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指甲, 手爪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手指甲, 手爪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手甲, 手爪
	Senai (Huiyang)	手指甲
Huizhou	Jixi	指甲, 手指甲
Jin	Taiyuan	指甲, 指掐
Jin	Xinzhou	指甲
Min Bei	Jian'ou	手甲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	掌甲, 手掌甲
Min Nan	Xiamen	掌甲
	Quanzhou	掌甲, 手爪
	Zhangzhou	掌甲
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	掌甲
	Zhao'an	掌甲
	Taipei	掌甲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	掌甲
	Kaohsiung	掌甲
	Yilan	掌甲
	Changhua (Lukang)	掌甲
	Taichung	掌甲
	Tainan	掌甲
	Hsinchu	掌甲
	Kinmen	掌甲
	Penghu (Magong)	掌甲
	Penang (Hokkien)	掌甲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掌甲
	Manila (Hokkien)	掌甲
	Chaozhou	掌甲
	Jieyang	指甲
	Bangkok (Teochew)	指甲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	掌甲
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	指甲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指甲, 手甲, 手指甲
Wu	Shanghai	手節掐, 手指掐
	Suzhou	節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐
	Wenzhou	手指甲, 指甲
	Jinhua	手指甲
Xiang	Changsha	指甲子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	指甲子

(toenail): 趾甲 (zhǐjiǎ), 腳指甲／脚指甲, 腳趾甲／脚趾甲 (jiǎozhǐjia), 腳甲／脚甲

Derived terms

修指甲 (xiūzhǐjia)
假指甲 (jiǎzhǐjia)
手指甲 (shǒuzhǐjia)
指甲刀 (zhǐjiadāo)
指甲剪 (zhǐjiajiǎn)
指甲油 (zhǐjiayóu)

指甲花 (zhǐjiahuā)
油灰指甲 (yóuhuī zhǐjia)
灰指甲 (huīzhǐjia)
指甲蓋／指甲盖 (zhǐjiagài)
指甲鉗／指甲钳 (zhǐjiaqián)
腳指甲／脚指甲

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