茄勾

Chinese

		eggplant	affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook
trad. (茄勾)		茄	勾
simp. #(茄勾)		茄	勾
alternative forms		茄鉤／茄钩

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶jia-keu

---

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶jia-keu
    • MiniDict: jia^去 keu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjia-keu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑia²² kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

茄勾

1. (Shanghainese, card games) jack (J)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鉤兒 (“jack (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	鉤兒
	Luoyang	鉤, 十一
	Zhengzhou	鉤, 十一
	Xi'an	丁子
	Ürümqi	丁鉤兒
	Wuhan	鉤子, 鉤, 鉤鉤, 孫子
	Guiyang	鉤鉤, 鉤, 夾鉤
	Liuzhou	歐
	Xuzhou	丁鉤兒, 甲鉤兒
	Yangzhou	茄鉤, 傑鉤
	Nanjing	丁鉤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	積
	Hong Kong	積
	Taishan	積
	Wuzhou	積
	Yulin	鉤
Gan	Nanchang	鉤
	Lichuan	鉤子
	Pingxiang	鉤子, 鉤
Hakka	Yudu	鉤子
Huizhou	Jixi	丁鉤
Jin	Taiyuan	鉤子
Southern Min	Xiamen	丁
	Shantou	丁
Wu	Shanghai	茄勾
	Shanghai (Chongming)	斜鉤
	Suzhou	茄杠