# 吊鐘
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diàozhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): diu$^3$ zung$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): diau$^4$ zung$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiàu-cheng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diàozhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diàojhong
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^4$-chung$^1$
*** Yale: dyàu-jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawjong
*** Palladius: дяочжун (djaočžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: diu$^3$ zung$^1$
*** Yale: diu jūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: diu$^3$ dzung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: diu$^3$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːu̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: diau$^4$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-cheng
*** Tâi-lô: tiàu-tsing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diaozefng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

### Noun

吊鐘
* (～花) Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
* (Cantonese, Hakka) uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 懸壅垂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小舌兒, 小舌頭兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小舌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小舌頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小舌頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小舌頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 咽舌子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 咽舌子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 咽牙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 咽舌子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小舌頭兒, 小舌頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小舌頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小舌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小舌頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小舌頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小舌頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 吊鐘, 喉嚨椗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 吊鐘, 喉嚨椗 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吊鵝 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 吊鐘 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 喉嚨椗 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 吊鐘 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 細舌頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 喉嚨椗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小舌子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 小舌頭, 小舌, 小舌子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頂中仔, 吊鐘 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頂中仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頂中仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頂中仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頂中 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頂中仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 喉嗹蒂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 喉嚨花 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 舌囝, 喙舌囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 嚨喉鐘, 嚨喉鐘仔, 嚨喉奶仔, 喉鐘 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 細舌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 嚨喉蒂仔, 嚨喉鐘仔, 嚨喉鐘, 喉蒂仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 嚨喉鐘仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 脘鐘仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 嚨喉蒂仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 嚨喉奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 嚨喉蒂仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 嚨喉奶奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 嚨喉蒂仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 嚨喉蒂仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 嚨喉奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 嚨喉蒂仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 嚨喉奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 嚨喉鐘 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 嚨喉奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 嚨喉奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 嚨喉鐘 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 喉嚨蒂, 小舌 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 喉嚨蒂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細脷 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 小舌子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小舌頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小舌頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 喉嚨花, 喉嚨鐘, 小舌頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小舌頭 |