Chinese More information ear, trad. (耳甕仔) ... ear earthen jar; urn trad. (耳甕仔) 耳 甕仔 simp. (耳瓮仔) 耳 瓮仔 Close Pronunciation Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hī-àng-á / hīⁿ-àng-á Southern Min (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-àng-á Tâi-lô: hī-àng-á Phofsit Daibuun: hixafng'ar IPA (Taipei): /hi³³⁻¹¹ aŋ¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/ IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ aŋ²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/ (Hokkien: Kaohsiung) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-àng-á Tâi-lô: hīnn-àng-á Phofsit Daibuun: hvixafng'ar IPA (Kaohsiung): /hĩ³³⁻²¹ aŋ²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/ Noun 耳甕仔 (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) cavity inside one's ear (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) liquid-like substance leaking from one's ear (Taiwanese Hokkien) Eustachian tube Synonyms (Eustachian tube): 耳咽管 (ěryānguǎn), 歐氏管／欧氏管 (ōushìguǎn), 咽鼓管 (yāngǔguǎn) Derived terms 臭耳甕仔 / 臭耳瓮仔 References 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “耳甕仔”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC “耳甕仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.