萬字夾

Chinese

	the character or; character tile	hold between; clip; lined hold between; clip; lined; narrow lane; folder; to press from both sides; to place in between
trad. (萬字夾)	萬字	夾
simp. (万字夹)	万字	夹
Literally: “卍-shaped clip”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànzìjiā, wànzìjiá

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ zi⁶ gaap^3-2 / maan⁶ zi⁶ gep^6-2 / maan⁶ zi⁶ gip^6-2
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): van⁴ si⁴ giab⁶
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuêng⁷ ri⁷ ngiab⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànzìjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànzìhjia
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-tzŭ⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: wàn-dz̀-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanntzyhjia
  - Palladius: ваньцзыцзя (vanʹczyczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànzìjiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànzìhjiá
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-tzŭ⁴-chia²
  - Yale: wàn-dz̀-jyá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanntzyhjya
  - Palladius: ваньцзыцзя (vanʹczyczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ zi⁶ gaap^3-2 / maan⁶ zi⁶ gep^6-2 / maan⁶ zi⁶ gip^6-2
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ dzi⁶ gaap^8-2 / maan⁶ dzi⁶ gep^9-2 / maan⁶ dzi⁶ gip^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ ji⁶ gab^3-2 / man⁶ ji⁶ géb^6-2 / man⁶ ji⁶ gib^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² t͡siː²² kaːp̚³⁻³⁵/, /maːn²² t͡siː²² kɛːp̚²⁻³⁵/, /maːn²² t͡siː²² kiːp̚²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: van⁴ si⁴ giab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ kiap̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuêng⁷ ri⁷ ngiab⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buēng jī ngia̍p
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bueŋ¹¹ d͡zi¹¹ ŋiap̚⁴/

Noun

萬字夾

(chiefly Guangdong, Hong Kong) paper clip

Synonyms

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曲別針 / 曲别针 (qūbiézhēn)
紙夾 / 纸夹 (zhǐjiā)
紙夾仔 / 纸夹仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
迴形針 / 回形针 (huíxíngzhēn)
迴紋針 / 回纹针 (huíwénzhēn)

Dialectal synonyms of 曲別針 (“paper clip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	曲別針兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	迴紋針
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	迴形針, 鎖針
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	別針, 迴形針
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	洋別針
Cantonese	Guangzhou	萬字夾, 迴形針
Cantonese	Hong Kong	萬字夾
Gan	Lichuan	屈針
Hakka	Meixian	萬字夾
	Xingning	萬字夾
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	萬字夾, 迴形針
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	萬字夾
Jin	Pingyao	夾針針
Southern Min	Xiamen	迴紋針
	Shantou	迴紋針
	Jieyang	蝦品
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	迴紋針
Wu	Shanghai	迴形別針, 迴形針