# 拐杖
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guǎizhàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄓㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai$^2$ zoeng$^{6-2}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǎizhàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄓㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guǎijhàng
*** Wade–Giles: kuai$^3$-chang$^4$
*** Yale: gwǎi-jàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goaijanq
*** Palladius: гуайчжан (guajčžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$拐杖 枴杖 柺杖
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaai$^2$ zoeng$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: gwáai jéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai$^2$ dzoeng$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guai$^2$ zêng$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːi̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

### Noun

拐杖
* walking stick; cane (Classifier: 個／个 m; 把 m; 支 c)
       Guǎizhàng de zuòyòng shì bāngzhù xíngdòng bùbiàn de rén. [Pinyin]
       The purpose of a walking stick is to assist those those with mobility issues.

#### Usage notes

* In Mandarin, 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) is the most commonly used term for walking stick. By contrast, 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) can be used to describe a cane that has other uses, such as hiking or scaring away wild snakes.

#### Synonyms

* 手杖 (shǒuzhàng)
* 扶杖 (fúzhàng) (literary)
* 拐 (guǎi)
* 拐子 (guǎizi)
* 拄拐 (zhǔguǎi) (literary)
* 拄杖 (zhǔzhàng) (literary)
* 拐棍 (guǎigùn)
* 文明棍 (wénmínggùn) (dated)
* 青藜 (qīnglí) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拐杖, 拐棍, 手杖, 文明棍 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拐棍兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拐杖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 拐棍兒, 拐杖, 手杖, 文明棍兒 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 拐杖 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拐棍, 拄棒, 手杖, 文明棍兒 dated |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐, 拐棍兒, 手杖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 拐棍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 拐拐, 文明棍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 拐拐兒, 拐棍兒, 文明棍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 拐棍, 文明棍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 拐棍兒, 拐杖, 文明棍兒, 斯提克 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 拐棍, 文明棍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 拐棍, 文明棍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 拐棍兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 拐棍兒, 拐棍, 手棍兒, 文明棍兒, 文明棍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拐棍, 文明棍子 dated, 文明棍 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 拐棍, 拐杖, 杵手棍, 自由棍, 文明棍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 拐棍, 司啲棍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 拐棍, 拐杖, 文明棍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拐棍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 拐棍 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拐杖, 拐, 士的 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拐杖, 士的 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 士的 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 拐杖, 士的 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 拐杖, 士的 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 拐棍, 文明棍 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老人棒, 文明棍 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 拄手棍, 自由棍子 dated, 西洋棍 dated |
| Hakka | Meixian | 杖仔, 手杖, 短㓤仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 戳拐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 拐棍, 拐棍兒, 文明棍 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 拐棍, 文明棍兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 杖仔, 文明杖 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 具具, 杖杖, 老具, 具杖, 老杖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拐仔, 手拐, 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拐仔, 手拐, 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拐仔, 手拐, 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 洞葛, 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拐仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 洞葛 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 杖 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 手棍, 士的 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 拐棍, 拐棒, 士的棍 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拐杖, 司的克, 撐壓棒, 撐行棒 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老鰥棒, 司的克 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拐杖, 拄拐, 司的克 |
| Wu | Danyang | 拐棒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 拐杖兒, 司的克 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 按杖棒, 按拄杖, 司的克 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 棒拄, 司的克 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 拐兒, 妒拐兒, 司的克 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 棍杖 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 拐棍, 戳手棍, 自由棍, 文明棍 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 戳手棍, 文明棍, 欑路棍 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 戳手棍, 杖 |