# 鉤耳
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-hīⁿ / kau-hī / kau-hǐ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-hīⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: kau-hīnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kau'hvi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ hĩ³³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-hī
*** Tâi-lô: kau-hī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kau'hi
*** IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ hi³³/
** (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-hǐ
*** Tâi-lô: kau-hǐ
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /kau³³ hi³³/

### Noun

鉤耳
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) earpick
* (Jinjiang Hokkien) The Chinese character component 阝 (on either side of the character).

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 耳挖子, 耳勺子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耳挖勺兒, 耳挖子, 消息兒, 耳捻子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 耳挖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 耳彎勺兒, 挖耳勺兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 耳勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 挖耳勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 挖耳勺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耳挖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 耳挖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 挖耳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挖耳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 挖耳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 挖耳瓢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 挖耳瓢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 耳扒, 耳挖子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 耳扒子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 耳挖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 耳挖 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 耳挖, 耳屎捋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 耳搭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 挖耳子, 挖耳耙子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 耳屎耙, 耳屎耙兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耳屎耙子, 挖耳耙子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 耳耙仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 耳挖子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 耳朵挖, 耳朵扒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 挖匙子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 耳耙仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 耳扒, 耳扒囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鉤耳仔, 消息 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鉤盌, 鉤耳仔, 消息 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 耳扒仔, 鉤耳 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鉤耳仔 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 耳挖, 耳鉤, 挖耳 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耳挖, 挖耳殼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 挖耳 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 挖耳 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 挖耳 |
| Wu | Danyang | 耳朵扒子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 耳勺兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 挖耳, 耳朵彎 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 耳朵爬兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 耳朵挖兒, 挖耳 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 挖耳子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 挖耳子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雙耳旁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 雙耳旁兒, 雙耳刀兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 耳朵旁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 雙耳刀兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雙耳朵, 大耳朵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大耳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 雙耳刀兒, 貓耳刀兒, 耳刀旁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 雙耳朵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 軟耳朵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 雙耳朵旁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 雙耳旁兒, 雙耳旁, 雙耳刀, 雙搭耳 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 雙耳朵旁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 耳朵旁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 雙耳旁兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 雙包耳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 抱耳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 雙包耳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 耳朵旁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 掛耳旁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 耳朵旁, 雙耳旁, 雙抱耳, 抱耳旁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 耳朵旁, 耳朵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 耳搭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 雙耳頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 耳仔邊, 斧頭邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 戽斗邊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 耳朵邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 耳仔旁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 耳字邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 戽斗邊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 斧頭邊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 戽斗邊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 耳朵邊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 戽斗邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 搆耳邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 耳仔旁 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 耳朵邊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 耳仔旁 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 耳仔旁 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耳仔旁 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 戽斗邊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 耳朵旁, 耳朵邊 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 耳仔邊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 耳朵邊, 耳朵旁 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 雙耳鬼 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 軟耳朵旁 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雙抱耳, 抱耳, 掛耳 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 雙狗耳, 軟狗耳 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 狗耳旁 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 耳朵旁 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 耳朵旁 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 搆耳旁 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 耳朵旁 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 軟耳朵 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 雙耳旁 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 耳朵旁 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耳朵旁 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 軟耳朵, 雙耳朵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 勾婁耳 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鉤耳爿, 猴耳 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 雙鉤耳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉤耳爿, 鉤耳仔爿 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鉤耳爿 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鉤耳仔, 鉤耳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鉤耳爿, 鉤耳仔爿, 鉤乃耳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 雙耳刀 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 耳朵旁 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 軟耳爿 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雙耳勾 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耳朵旁, 耳朵邊 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 雙耳刀 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雙耳朵, 耳朵旁, 耳朵邊旁 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 彎耳朵, 軟耳朵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 軟耳朵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 耳朵旁 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 雙耳朵 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 耳朵旁 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 雙耳朵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 耳朵旁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 雙抱耳 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 雙抱耳 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耳朵旁 |