# 乞食指
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): koh$^6$ sia$^2$ zai$^3$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: koh$^6$ sia$^2$ zai$^3$ [Phonetic: koh$^7$ lia$^5$ lai$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: keoh-sia̍h-câi
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$lia¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lai⁴⁵³/

### Noun

乞食指
* (Putian Puxian Min) ring finger

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 無名指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 四拇指, 護國寺 childish |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 無名指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 無名指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 無名指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 無名指, 四拇指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 無名指, 四拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 無名指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 無名指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 四拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 四拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 無名指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 四拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 四拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 無名指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 無名兒指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 無名指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 無名指, 四拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 四面手圪頭, 四面面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 四拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 四門指頭, 無名指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 四指, 四拇指頭, 四拇哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 無名指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 無名指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 無名指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 四指, 四拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 四拇指頭, 四拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 四拇指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 四指拇兒, 無名指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 四指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 四指甲, 無名指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 四指拇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 四拇指, 無名指 literary |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 四指媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 四指, 無名指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 無名指, 四指抹頭, 四指頭, 四馬指, 荷花葉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 無名指, 四麻指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 四拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 無名指, 四指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 無名指, 四指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 無名指, 四指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 尾二指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 四指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 四指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 四指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 四指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 四指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 四指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 無名指, 尾二 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 無名指, 無名字 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 無名指, 四指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 無名指, 四指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 無名指 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 典人指 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 四手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 第四隻手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 四手指 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 無名指, 細手指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尾二指 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 無名指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 無名指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 無名指 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 無名指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 四拇指頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 四拇指頭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 無名指 |
| Jin | Linhe | 四指 |
| Jin | Jining | 無名指 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 四拇哥兒, 四拇指 |
| Jin | Baotou | 無名指 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 無名指 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 無名指 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 無名指 |
| Jin | Handan | 無名指, 四拇指頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 無名指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 尾二指, 無名指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 無名指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 䆀指, 尾二指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 尾二指 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 尾二指, 佬仔指 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 佬仔指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佬仔指 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 無名指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 愛媠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尾二指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尾仔二指, 尾仔第二指 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 佬仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 四指仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 無名指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 狐狸指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 煞尾第二指 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 第四手囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 無名 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 尾第二指, 乞食指, 財主指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 尾第二指 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 四指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 無名指 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 無名指 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 無名指, 黃狼節頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 四節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 無名節頭, 要好看 |
| Wu | Danyang | 四拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 無名指 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 無名指 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 無名指 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 無名指 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 四指腦, 四指拇 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 無名指 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 無名指 |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “乞食指”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 329.