# 活扣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huókòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄡˋ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-khàu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huókòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huókòu
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^2$-kʻou$^4$
*** Yale: hwó-kòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwokow
*** Palladius: хокоу (xokou)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huókòur
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄡˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huókòur
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^2$-kʻou$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hwó-kòur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwokowl
*** Palladius: хокоур (xokour)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-khàu
*** Tâi-lô: ua̍h-khàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oaqqaux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰau¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau²¹/

### Noun

活扣
* knot that can be undone by a pull; slip knot

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 活結, 活扣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 活結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 活扣兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 活扣兒, 活結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 活扣兒, 活結子, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 活扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 活扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 活扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 活扣兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 活扣兒 small, 活䙡兒 large |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 活扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 活扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 活扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 活扣兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 活扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 活䙡兒, 活疙瘩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 活疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 活疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 活疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 活扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 活疙瘩, 活䙡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 活扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 活寬子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 活疙瘩, 活曲頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 活疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 活扣, 活疙瘩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 活䙡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 活扣兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 活䙡兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩, 活䙡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 活扣子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 活䙡子, 活疙瘩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 活結疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 活扣兒, 活拉扣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 活絡扣兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 活拉扣兒, 活疙瘩兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 活扣子, 活結巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 活疙瘩, 活拉套 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 活絡扣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 活絡扣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 活扣, 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 活結, 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 活絡套兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 活結巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 活扣, 活結, 活疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 活結兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 活結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 活扣子, 活疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 活扣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 活扣兒, 活結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 活結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 活疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 活疙瘩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 活疙瘩, 活結, 活結巴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 生纈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 生纈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 生卡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 活縷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 生結 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 活結, 索結 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 活結, 抽抽結 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 活絡結, 活結 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Datong | 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 活疙瘩, 活圈圈 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 活䙡子, 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Linhe | 活扣, 活結子, 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Jining | 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 活扣, 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 活扣子, 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 活扣兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 活扣兒, 活疙瘩 |
| Jin | Handan | 活疙瘩, 活䙡兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 活䙡兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 活疙瘩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 活㠺 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 活結 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 活結 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 活結 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 活結 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 活結 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 活結 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 活結, 抽結 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 活結 |
| Wu | Danyang | 抽箍結, 活結 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 活結頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 活結 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 活結頭, 活結它, 活它, 活結巴 |

#### Antonyms

* 死扣 (sǐkòu)