# 耳鉤
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hī-kau / hǐ-kau / hīⁿ-kau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hin$^6$ gao$^1$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-kau
*** Tâi-lô: hī-kau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hixkaw
*** IPA (Taipei): /hi³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǐ-kau
*** Tâi-lô: hǐ-kau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hi²² kau³³/
*** IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /hi³³⁻²² kau³³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-kau
*** Tâi-lô: hīnn-kau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hvixkaw
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hĩ³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hin$^6$ gao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hĭⁿ kau
*** Sinological IPA : /hĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ kau³³/

### Noun

耳鉤
* (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) earring
* (Hainanese) earpick

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 耳環 ring, 耳墜 with pendant, 耳飾 general term |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耳環兒, 耳墜兒, 耳鉗子, 鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 耳環 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 耳環, 耳墜兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 耳環, 耳鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子, 耳鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 耳環, 鉗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 耳環 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 鉗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 耳環, 耳墜兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 墜子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 墜子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 耳墜兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 耳環兒, 墜子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 耳環兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 耳墜兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耳環 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 耳墜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 耳墜兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耳環, 耳墜兒, 耳墜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 耳環兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 耳環, 耳圈子, 圈子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 耳墜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 耳環子, 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耳環 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 耳環 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 耳環, 環子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 耳柱, 耳環 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 耳環, 耳墜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 耳環, 耳墜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 耳環 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 耳環, 耳絲, 耳圈兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 耳環子, 環子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 耳環, 圈兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 耳圈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 耳牌, 耳圈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 耳牌 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 耳圈 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 耳環 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 耳環 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 環子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 耳澀 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 耳圈仔, 耳盤仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 耳飾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 耳鉤, 耳環 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 耳鉤 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 耳環 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 耳環 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 耳朵環, 耳朵箍 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 耳圈, 圈 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 環環, 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 耳墜子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 耳環子 |
| Jin | Jining | 耳環 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 耳環 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 耳環 |
| Jin | Handan | 耳環, 耳墜子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 耳釘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 耳環 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 耳栓 ring, 丁香 drop |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 耳栓 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | subang |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 耳鉤仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 耳環 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 耳環 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 耳鉤 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 耳鉤 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 耳環 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 耳圈 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 耳鉤 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 耳環, 耳鉤囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 耳鉤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 耳環 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 耳墜子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 耳環, 耳朵環, 耳朵圈, 圈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 環 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 圈 |
| Wu | Danyang | 耳朵環子, 環子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 箍兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 環子, 耳朵環 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 耳朵箍兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 耳環, 環子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 耳環 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耳環 |
| 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 |

#### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: hikaw
* → Tagalog: hikaw