# 扣子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kòuzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kau$^3$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kieu$^3$ zi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kòuzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kòuzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: kʻou$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: kòu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow.tzy
*** Palladius: коуцзы (kouczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: kau jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kieu$^3$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

### Noun

扣子
* button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
    扣扣子 ― kòu kòuzi ― to do up buttons

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扣, 衣扣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 扣子, 扣兒, 紐兒 Chinese-stye |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扣子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 扣兒 Western-style |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扣子, 紐扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 扣子 Western-style |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 扣子 disc, 紐子, 紐門兒疙瘩 ball |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 扣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 紐子 Western-style, 紐子疙瘩 knot |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扣子 Western-style, 紐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 扣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style, 紐扣 Chinese-style |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扣子 Western-style, 紐扣 Western-style, 紐子, 紐兒 old-style ball |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 紐子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 紐 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 紐 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扣子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扣仔 new-style, 扣子 new-style, 跪兒 old-style |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 扣子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 紐公仔 Chinese-style, 扣仔 Western-style, 紐仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 紐 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 紐 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 紐 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 紐 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 紐扣 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扣子 disc, 紐子 knot |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 紐仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 紐仔, 扣仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 紐仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 紐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 紐仔, 紐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 紐子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 扣子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扣扣, 扣疙瘩 Chinese-style |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 扣子 Western-style |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 紐仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扣門 Chinese-stye |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 紐仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 紐仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 紐仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 紐仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 紐仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 紐仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 紐 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 紐 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 紐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 紐 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 紐 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扣子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 紐子, 紐頭 Chinese-style |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 紐子 Western-style, 紐頭 Chinese-style |
| Wu | Suzhou | 紐子 ball, 紐頭 disc |
| Wu | Wuxi | 紐頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 紐扣, 紐子子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 紐扣兒 Chinese-style, 扣兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 紐子 Western-style |
| Wu | Jinhua | 紐子兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扣子 Western-style, 扣它子 Chinese-style |
| Xiang | Loudi | 扣子 |

#### Derived terms

* 扣子洞