茄勾

Chinese

		eggplant	affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook
trad. (茄勾)		茄	勾
simp. #(茄勾)		茄	勾
alternative forms		茄鉤／茄钩

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jia-keu

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jia-keu
    • MiniDict: jia^去 keu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjia-keu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑia²² kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

茄勾

1. (Shanghainese, card games) jack (J)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鉤兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鉤, 十一
	Zhengzhou	鉤, 十一
	Xi'an	丁子
	Xuzhou	丁鉤兒, 甲鉤兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	丁鉤兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	鉤子, 鉤, 鉤鉤, 孫子
	Guiyang	鉤鉤, 鉤, 夾鉤
	Liuzhou	歐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丁鉤
	Yangzhou	茄鉤, 傑鉤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	積
	Hong Kong	積
	Taishan	積
	Wuzhou	積
	Yulin	鉤
Gan	Nanchang	鉤
	Lichuan	鉤子
	Pingxiang	鉤子, 鉤
Hakka	Yudu	鉤子
Huizhou	Jixi	丁鉤
Jin	Taiyuan	鉤子
Southern Min	Xiamen	丁
	Shantou	丁
	Puning	丁
Wu	Shanghai	茄勾
	Shanghai (Chongming)	斜鉤
	Suzhou	茄杠

Dialectal synonyms of 鉤兒 (“jack (playing cards)”) [map]