# 鼓膜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔmó, gǔmò
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$ mok$^{6-2}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmó
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmó
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$-mo$^2$
*** Yale: gǔ-mwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumo
*** Palladius: гумо (gumo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$骨膜 鼓膜
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmór
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmór
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$-mo$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gǔ-mór
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumol
*** Palladius: гумор (gumor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔmò
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔmò
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$-mo$^4$
*** Yale: gǔ-mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guumoh
*** Palladius: гумо (gumo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$ mok$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: gú mók
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$ mok$^{9-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$ mog$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵ mɔːk̚²⁻³⁵/

### Noun

鼓膜
* (anatomy) eardrum; tympanic membrane

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鼓膜, 耳鼓, 耳膜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 耳膜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耳靜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 耳膜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 耳膜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 耳膜仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 耳膜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 耳鏡 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 耳膜仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 耳膜仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 耳膜仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 耳膜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 耳膜仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 耳膜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 耳膜, 耳空膜, 耳空鬼仔, 耳鏡, 耳鼓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 耳膜, 耳鼓, 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 耳膜, 耳空膜, 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 耳膜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 耳空鬼仔, 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 耳鏡, 耳空鬼仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 耳仔膜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 耳仔鏡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 耳空鏡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 耳仔膜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 耳仔膜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 耳仔膜, 耳膜, 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 耳鏡 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 耳鏡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 耳聆子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 耳朵膜 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 鼓 | 膜 |
| こ Grade: S | まく Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From 鼓 (ko, “drum”) +‎ 膜 (maku, “membrane”), calque of Dutch trommelvlies.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こまく [kòmákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ma̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

鼓(こ)膜(まく) • (komaku)
* (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane (a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN