# 頂針
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dǐngzhēn
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din$^3$ zen$^1$
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): dǐnzhii
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^2$ zam$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): din$^3$ ziin
* Eastern Min (BUC): dīng-cĕng
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng$^2$ zam$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): dang$^2$ zam$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngzhēn → dǐngzhen (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ → ㄉㄧㄥˇ ˙ㄓㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngjhe̊n
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^3$-chên$^5$
*** Yale: dǐng-jen
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diing.jen
*** Palladius: динчжэнь (dinčžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/ → /tiŋ²¹⁴ ɖ͡ʐ̥ən⁴/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$頂真 / 顶真 頂針 / 顶针
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (頂針兒 / 顶针儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngzhēnr → dǐngzhenr (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣㄦ → ㄉㄧㄥˇ ˙ㄓㄣㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngjhe̊nr
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^3$-chên$^5$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dǐng-jenr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diing.jel
*** Palladius: динчжэньр (dinčžɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂəɻ⁵⁵/ → /tiŋ²¹⁴ ɖ͡ʐ̥əɻ⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: din$^3$ zen$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dinzen
*** Sinological IPA : /tin⁵³ t͡sən⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: dǐnzhii
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): din$^3$ zhii$^0$
*** Sinological IPA : /tĩ¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^2$ zam$^1$
*** Yale: díng jām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^2$ dzam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^2$ zem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ³⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: din$^3$ ziin
*** Sinological IPA : /tin²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sɨn¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dīng-cĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ³³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒɛiŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dêng$^2$ zam$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: téng tsam
*** Sinological IPA : /teŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sam³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: dang$^2$ zam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /təŋ³³ t͡səm⁵³/

### Noun

頂針
* thimble (a protective cap for the finger)
* Alternative form of 頂真 / 顶真 (dǐngzhēn)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 頂針 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 頂針兒, 頂根兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 頂針兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 頂針兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 頂針兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 頂針兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 頂針兒, 頂針子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 頂針子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 頂針兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 頂針兒, 頂針 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 頂指, 頂針 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 頂針 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 頂指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頂針 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 頂針 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 頂針 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頂指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 頂針 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頂針子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 頂針子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頂針 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 針黹, 銅黹 bronze |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 針黹, 銅黹 bronze |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 針黹, 銅黹 bronze |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 頂針 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頂針箍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 頂針兒, 頂針箍兒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頂針兒 |

#### See also

* (Hokkien) 銅黹／铜黹