# 膝頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xītóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄊㄡˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sat$^1$ tau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhip$^2$ heu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xit$^6$ teu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhit-thèu
    (Hailu, HRS): cid teu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qid$^5$ têu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xītóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sitóu
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: syī-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shitour
*** Palladius: ситоу (sitou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$膝頭 / 膝头 西頭 / 西头
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sat$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: sāt tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sat$^7$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sed$^1$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhip$^2$ heu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬip̚⁵⁵ heu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xit$^6$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕit̚⁵ tʰɛu²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: qid$^ˋ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qid$^5$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: cid teu
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit⁵⁻² tʰeu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qid$^5$ têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/

### Noun

膝頭
* (literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Hainanese, Guangxi Min, Pinghua) knee

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 膝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 膝蓋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 波稜蓋兒, 胳稜瓣兒, 磕膝蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 膝蓋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 波了蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 磕膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 波浪蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 波浪蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 波羅蓋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 波稜蓋兒, 波浪蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 波勒蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 波稜蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒, 波拉蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 胳稜瓣兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 膝蓋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 波稜蓋兒, 磕膝蓋兒, 脖拉蓋兒, 脖力蓋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 波稜蓋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 膝蓋, 波拉蓋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 圪拉瓣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 膝蓋兒, 磕膝蓋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 波拉蓋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 波勒蓋, 波拉蓋, 圪拉瓣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 波羅蓋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 波羅蓋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 波稜蓋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 波羅蓋, 波羅蓋兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 波羅蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 不老蓋兒, 圪老拜兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 虧蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 圪拉拜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 胳拉伴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 圪膝蓋, 膝子蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 圪膝蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 波拉蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 膝蓋, 波老蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 不牢蓋兒, 膝蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 腿包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 磕膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 膝蓋, 磕膝蓋, 腿膝蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 磕膝蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 磕膝蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 波膝蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 圪婁拜子, 圪拜子, 膝蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 膝蓋, 膝拉拜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 磕膝蓋, 普膝蓋子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 磕膝蓋, 磕膝蓋子, 洼膝羅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 波稜蓋兒, 波里蓋, 膝蓋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 波羅蓋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 膝蓋, 磕膝蓋兒, 波膝蓋子, 玻璃蓋子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 波膝蓋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 膝蓋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 磕膝蓋, 波膝蓋, 波膝蓋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 磕膝頭兒, 膝蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 膝蓋, 膝蓋骨, 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 磕膝波羅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 磕膝頭, 磕膝包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 膝蓋, 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 磕膝頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 膝蓋, 磕膝頭, 磕膝, 拱子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 膝蓋, 磕膝蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 膝蓋, 波羅蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 膝蓋, 膝蓋骨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 波羅蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 磕膝頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 磕膝頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 磕膝頭, 波羅蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 波羅蓋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 磕膝蓋, 膝蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 波羅蓋, 腳膝蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 磕膝頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 膝腦殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 磕膝蓋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 磕膝頭, 磕膝頭兒, 胳蓋兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 膝蓋, 磕膝頭子, 波羅蓋子 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 磕頭子, 磕拜子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 磕頭子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 膝頭盤兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 磕膝坡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 膝蓋, 膝波羅頭子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 膝蓋, 胳腦頭子, 胳腦頭, 磕膝頭, 磕老求 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 色頭兒 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 波羅蓋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 膝頭哥, 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 膝頭哥, 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 膝頭蓋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 膝頭跗 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 膝腳頭, 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 膝頭哥, 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 膝頭蓋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 膝頭, 波羅蓋, 膝蓋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 波羅蓋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 膝頭蓋 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 膝頭牯, 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 膝頭牯 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 膝頭哥, 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 膝頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 膝蓋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 膝頭哥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 膝頭, 膝頭蓋子, 磕膝, 磕膝頭子, 和尚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 膝頭公 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 膝頭牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 膝頭, 膝頭項 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 膝頭蓋 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 膝頭, 膝頭牯 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 膝頭牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 膝頭, 波羅蓋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 波羅蓋 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 腳頭 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 膝頭骨 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 膝頭牯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 膝頭牯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 膝頭牯 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 腳頭牯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 膝頭卵 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 膝頭拐, 膝頭腦 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 膝頭蓋子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 膝頭腦 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 膝頭, 腳膝頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 膝頭, 腳膝頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膝頭, 腳膝頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 膝頭, 腳膝頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膝頭, 腳膝頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膝頭, 腳膝頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 膝頭, 膝蓋 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 膝頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 腳膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 腳膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 腳膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 腳膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 腳膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 腳膝頭 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 腳膝頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圪膝蓋, 圪地跪 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 胳膝跪子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 圪膝蓋兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 圪替跪, 圪膝蓋, 圪膝 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 圪膝蓋兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 膝蓋, 圪膝蓋 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 圪膝蓋 |
| Jin | Linhe | 圪膝蓋, 波羅蓋, 波羅蓋子 |
| Jin | Jining | 圪膝蓋 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 圪膝蓋, 圪膝蓋兒, 圪膝 |
| Jin | Baotou | 圪膝蓋 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 圪膝蓋 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 圪膝蓋, 圪膝 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 磕膝蓋兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 波稜蓋兒, 胳膝蓋兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 膝蓋, 波盧蓋兒, 胳老伴兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 波羅蓋兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 圪膝蓋兒, 圪膝 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 跤腹頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 跤腹頭 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 跤腹頭 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 跤腹頭 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 跤神頭, 跤腹頭 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 跤腹頭 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 跤脊頭 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 跤腹頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 跤腹頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 跤肚頭, 跤腹頭 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 跤腹頭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 跤骨頭 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 跤肚頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 跤腹頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 跤骨頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 跤頭趺, 牛仔頭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 跤頭趺, 跤頭腕 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 跤頭趺, 跤尪仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 跤腕仔, 燈火仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 跤頭腕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 跤頭趺, 跤頭腕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 跤頭趺, 跤頭翁仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 跤腕, 跤頭趺, 跤趺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 跤頭趺, 跤頭腕 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 跤甕 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 跤頭趺, 跤頭腕 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 牛仔頭, 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 跤趺腕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 跤趺 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 跤趺頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 膝頭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 跤頭, 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 跤頭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 跤頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 跤頭趺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 跤頭趺, 跤趺 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 跤趺 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 跤趺臍, 跤趺 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 跤趺 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 跤肚頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 跤肚頭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 跤頭節, 跤筒節, 跤際頭節, 跤仔頭 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 跤脊頭 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 跤子頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 跤瀝頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 跤頭趺, 跤即頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 膝頭, 膝頭蓋, 膝頭尖 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 屈頭眼 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 腳腹頭 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 腳腹頭 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 腳腹頭 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 腳腹頭 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 腳腹頭 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 腳腹頭 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 腳腹頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 腳饅頭, 膝饅頭, 膝蓋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 膝饅頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 腳饅頭, 膝饅頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 膝饅頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 膝盤頭, 膝頭盤, 膝蓋, 膝蓋頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 腳髁頭, 膝髁頭, 腳膝髁頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 腳髁頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 腳胐頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 腳膝䯊 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 膝蓋, 腳膝髁頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 膝頭骨, 磕膝骨 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 膝頭牯, 膝蓋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 膝頭牯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 膝頭骨 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 膝頭箍 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 磕膝頭 |

#### Derived terms

* 膝頭尖 / 膝头尖
* 膝頭蓋 / 膝头盖
* 膝頭骨 / 膝头骨

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 膝 | 頭 |
| ひざ Grade: S | かしら > がしら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

Compound of 膝 (hiza, “knee”) +‎ 頭 (kashira, “head; top, tip”). The kashira changes to gashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひざがしら [hìzágáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
* (Tokyo) ひざがしら [hìzágáshírá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çiza̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

### Noun

膝(ひざ)頭(がしら) • (hizagashira)
* (anatomy) the front of the knee
    Coordinate term: 膕 (hikagami, “the back of the knee”)
* (anatomy) the kneecap, the patella

#### Usage notes

This term is more general in meaning than 膝の皿 (hiza no sara) / 膝皿 (hiza sara) or 膝蓋骨 (shitsugaikotsu).

#### Synonyms

* (kneecap): 膝蓋骨(しつがいこつ) (shitsugaikotsu)
* (kneecap): 膝(ひざ)の皿(さら) (hiza no sara)
* (kneecap): 膝皿(ひざさら) (hizasara)

#### Idioms

* 膝(ひざ)頭(がしら)で江(え)戸(ど)へ行(い)く (hizagashira de Edo e iku): "to go to Edo on one's knees" → To rush into something without taking time to prepare, and consequently work harder and get less done in the process.
* 膝(ひざ)頭(がしら)で箱(はこ)根(ね)は越(こ)されぬ (hizagashira de Hakone wa kosarenu): "one cannot get through Hakone (Pass) on one's knees" → To rush into something without taking time to prepare, and consequently work harder and get less done in the process.

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN