耳甕仔

Chinese

		ear	earthenware jar; urn
trad. (耳甕仔)		耳	甕仔
simp. (耳瓮仔)		耳	瓮仔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hī-àng-á / hīⁿ-àng-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-àng-á
  - Tâi-lô: hī-àng-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hixafng'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi³³⁻¹¹ aŋ¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ aŋ²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-àng-á
  - Tâi-lô: hīnn-àng-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvixafng'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hĩ³³⁻²¹ aŋ²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

耳甕仔

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) cavity inside one's ear
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) liquid-like substance leaking from one's ear
(Taiwanese Hokkien) Eustachian tube

Synonyms

(Eustachian tube): 耳咽管 (ěryānguǎn), 歐氏管／欧氏管 (ōushìguǎn), 咽鼓管 (yāngǔguǎn)

Derived terms

臭耳甕仔 / 臭耳瓮仔

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “耳甕仔”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“耳甕仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.