# 戒指
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jièzhi, jièzhǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄓ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiai$^4$ zi$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiēzi
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): jiēzhii
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaai$^3$ zi$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gaai$^3$ zi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiai-chṳ́
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giai$^4$ zi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kài-chí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gai$^3$ zi$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gaai$^3$ zi$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$ka-tsy / $^5$ka-tsy / $^3$ka-tsy$_3$ / $^1$ka-tsyu$_0$ / $^1$ka-tsy$_0$
** (Jinhua): $^5$ka-tsy$_3$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gai$^4$ zhr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jièzhi
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jièjhi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^4$-chih$^5$
*** Yale: jyè-jr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh.jy
*** Palladius: цзечжи (czečži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jièzhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jièjhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^4$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: jyè-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehjyy
*** Palladius: цзечжи (czečži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$戒指 界址
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jiai$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giaiz
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛi²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jiēzi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: jiēzhii
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): jie$^4$ zhii$^0$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕie⁴⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: gaai jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$介子 戒指 界址
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gaai$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³² t͡si³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: giai zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giai$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giai$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-chí
*** Tâi-lô: kài-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaecie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gai$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài tsí
*** Sinological IPA : /kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gaai$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai⁵⁵ t͡si³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ka-tsy
*** MiniDict: ka$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ka-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
** (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ka-tsy
*** MiniDict: ka$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ka-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ka⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³/
** (Northern: Chongming)
*** Wugniu: $^3$ka-tsy$_3$
*** MiniDict: ka$^上$ tsy$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kɑ³³ t͡sz̩/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ka-tsyu$_0$
*** MiniDict: ka$^平$ tsyu
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kɑ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩ʷ/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ka-tsy$_0$
*** MiniDict: ka$^平$ tsy
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kɑ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ka-tsy$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kɑ³³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^4$ zhr
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kai̯⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /kai̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

戒指
* (countable) finger ring; ring (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 枚 m; 顆／颗 m)
    From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
    Yīmiàn shuō, yīmiàn dǎkāi shǒupàzi, jiāng jièzhǐ dì yǔ Xírén. [Pinyin]
    While speaking, she opened up the handkerchief and handed the ring over to Xieren.
    From: 2020, 周興哲 (Eric Chou), 如果能幸福 (Fortunate)
    rúguǒ xìngfú néng xiàng jièzhǐ néng dài zài shǒu shàng, zhìshào xià yī cì chěngqiáng shòushāng nénggòu shǎo diǎn míwǎng [Pinyin]
    If happiness can be worn on the hand like a ring, At least the next time you can be less confused when you are hurt

#### Synonyms

* 彄環 / 𫸩环
* 戒箍子 (dialectal)
* 手指 (Min)
* 手記 / 手记 (shǒujì) (obsolete)
* 指環 / 指环 (zhǐhuán) (formal)
* 箍子 (gūzi) (dialectal)
* 約指 / 约指 (yuēzhǐ) (literary)
* 鎦子 / 镏子 (liùzi) (dialectal)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 指環 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 戒指, 指環 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 戒指, 戒指兒, 鎦子, 嘎子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 戒指, 手溜兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 戒指兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 手箍子, 戒指兒, 戒指, 戒子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 戒指, 戒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 戒指, 鎦子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 戒指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 戒子, 嘎子, 鎦子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 戒指兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 戒指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 戒指兒, 鎦子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 戒指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 戒指兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 戒指, 戒鎦子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 般子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 戒指, 手鎦子, 鎦子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 般子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 般子, 手般子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 戒指兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 戒指, 戒指子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 戒指兒, 箍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 戒指, 鎦子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 戒圈子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 戒指, 戒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 戒指, 手箍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 戒指, 箍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 戒指兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 戒箍子, 箍子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子, 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 戒指, 手箍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 戒指子, 戒指兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 戒指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 戒指, 戒指子, 手箍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 戒指, 手戒指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 戒指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 戒指, 戒箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 箍子, 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 手箍兒, 手箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 戒指兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 戒指, 箍子, 幹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 手箍子, 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 戒箍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 戒指, 戒箍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 戒指, 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 戒指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 戒指, 手箍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 戒指, 戒指子, 指戒箍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 戒指, 戒箍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 戒指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 戒指兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 戒指, 戒箍兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 戒指子, 戒箍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 戒指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 戒指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 戒箍子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 戒指 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 戒指 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Changting | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手禁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手鎉 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 手戒指 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 金指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 戒指 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 戒指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 戒指, 鎦子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 戒指 |
| Jin | Datong | 戒指兒, 忍耐兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 戒指子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 戒指兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 戒指兒, 圈子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 戒指 |
| Jin | Jining | 戒指 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 戒指 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 戒指 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 戒指兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 戒指 |
| Jin | Handan | 戒指, 手鎦子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 戒指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 手指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 戒指 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 手指, 手節 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 戒指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戒指 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 指奇 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 手指 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 戒指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 戒指, 指戒 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 戒箍子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戒指 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 戒指 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 戒指 |
| Wu | Danyang | 戒指, 戒箍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 戒指 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 戒指 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 戒指, 箍子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 戒箍子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 手箍子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 戒指 |

#### Derived terms

* 結婚戒指 / 结婚戒指
* 訂婚戒指 / 订婚戒指

#### See also

* 腳戒／脚戒 (jiǎojiè)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “戒指”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC