肉刺

Chinese

		meat; flesh	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
simp. and trad. (肉刺)		肉	刺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròucì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ cek³ / juk⁶ ci³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bah-chhì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròucì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròucìh
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: ròu-tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowtsyh
    • Palladius: жоуцы (žoucy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ cek³ / juk⁶ ci³
    • Yale: yuhk chek / yuhk chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ tsek⁸ / juk⁹ tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ cég³ / yug⁶ qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡sʰɛːk̚³/, /jʊk̚² t͡sʰiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: bah-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bahchix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ba(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰi²¹/

Noun

肉刺

1. hangnail (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
2. whitlow (an infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail)

Synonyms

• (hangnail):

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• 倒刺 (dàocì)
• 倒魚鱗／倒鱼鳞 (dau⁴ y² lin²) (Xiang)
• 刺䉔／刺𱸐 (Hokkien)
• 手倒刺 (shǒudàocì)
• 拆䉔／拆𱸐 (Hokkien)
• 掌甲䉔／掌甲𱸐 (Hokkien)
• 肉皵皮 (⁸gnioq-chiaq-bi) (Wu)
• 裂䉔／裂𱸐 (Hokkien)