針孔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		needle; pin; injection	hole; surname
trad. (針孔)		針	孔
simp. (针孔)		针	孔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnkǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄎㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ hung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnkǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenkǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-kʻung³
    • Yale: jēn-kǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenkoong
    • Palladius: чжэнькун (čžɛnʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ hung²
    • Yale: jām húng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ hung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ hung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ hʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

針孔

1. pinhole
2. eye of a needle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 針鼻 (“eye of a needle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		針鼻, 針眼, 針孔
Mandarin	Beijing	針鼻兒, 針眼兒
	Taiwan	針孔, 針眼
	Tianjin	針鼻兒
	Chengde	針鼻兒
	Tangshan	針鼻兒
	Cangzhou	針鼻兒
	Baoding	針鼻兒
	Shijiazhuang	針鼻兒
	Chifeng	針鼻兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	針眼兒
	Heihe	針鼻兒
	Qiqihar	針鼻兒
	Harbin	針鼻兒
	Jiamusi	針鼻兒
	Baicheng	針鼻兒
	Changchun	針鼻兒
	Tonghua	針鼻兒
	Shenyang	針鼻兒
	Dandong	針鼻兒
	Jinzhou	針鼻兒
	Dalian	針鼻兒
	Yantai	針鼻兒
	Yantai (Muping)	針鼻兒
	Qingdao	針鼻兒
	Lijin	針鼻兒
	Zhucheng	針鼻兒, 針鼻子
	Jinan	針鼻兒
	Jining	針鼻兒
	Luoyang	針鼻兒
	Wanrong	針溝子, 針冠子
	Shangqiu	針鼻兒
	Yuanyang	針鼻兒
	Zhengzhou	針鼻兒
	Lingbao	針眼兒
	Xinyang	針鼻
	Baihe	針鼻子
	Hanzhong	針鼻
	Xi'an	針眼兒, 針鼻管兒
	Baoji	針眼
	Yinchuan	針鼻子, 針鼻兒
	Tianshui	針鼻瓜
	Lanzhou	針眼兒, 針鼻兒
	Dunhuang	針鼻子
	Xining	鼻鼻管兒, 針鼻管兒
	Hami	針鼻兒
	Ürümqi	針鼻子, 針鼻兒
	Wuhan	針鼻子, 針屁股
	Yichang	針鼻
	Xiangyang	針鼻
	Tianmen	針眼
	Hong'an	針鼻子
	Chengdu	針眼眼兒, 針眼眼, 針眼, 針鼻子, 針鼻
	Nanchong	針鼻子
	Dazhou	針鼻子
	Hanyuan	針鼻鼻
	Xichang	針鼻
	Zigong	針鼻子
	Chongqing	針鼻子
	Guiyang	針鼻子
	Zunyi	針眼兒
	Bijie	針鼻子
	Liping	針鼻子
	Zhaotong	針鼻子
	Dali	針鼻子
Kunming	針鼻子
Mengzi	針鼻子
Guilin	針鼻
Liuzhou	針眼, 針耳
Jishou	針屁股
Changde	針鼻子
Anqing	針鼻子
Xuzhou	針鼻兒
Fuyang	針鼻子, 針鼻
Wuhu	針鼻子
Yangzhou	針鼻子
Lianyungang	針鼻, 針眼
Lianshui	針鼻子
Nanjing	針眼兒, 針鼻子
Hefei	針鼻子
Nantong	針屁股
Cantonese	Guangzhou	針眼, 針鼻
	Hong Kong	針眼
	Dongguan	針鼻
Gan	Nanchang	針鼻
	Lichuan	針眼, 針鼻兒
	Pingxiang	針鼻
Hakka	Meixian	針眼
	Yudu	針鼻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	針眼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	針眼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	針眼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	針眼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	針眼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	針空
Huizhou	Jixi	布針屁股
	Shexian	針眼
Jin	Taiyuan	針冠冠, 針眼
	Yangyuan	針鼻兒, 針鼻眼, 針眼
	Datong	針鼻兒
	Xinzhou	針冠子, 針眼
	Lishi	針眼眼
	Linfen	針眼兒, 針冠兒
	Changzhi	針眼兒
	Linhe	針鼻子, 針冠
	Jining	針冠
	Hohhot	針冠
	Erenhot	針冠子
	Pingshan	針管兒
	Zhangjiakou	針鼻兒
	Handan	針鼻
	Linzhou	針鼻兒
	Suide	針眼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	針鼻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	針鼻
Southern Min	Xiamen	針空
	Quanzhou	針空
	Zhangzhou	針空
	Tainan	針空, 針鼻
	Shantou	針目, 針鼻
	Jieyang	針鼻
	Leizhou	針鼻
	Haikou	針鼻
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	針鼻, 針眼, 針耳
Wu	Shanghai	引線屁股
	Shanghai (Chongming)	引線屁股
	Suzhou	引線眼, 引線屁股
	Danyang	針屁股
	Hangzhou	針屁股
	Ningbo	針屁眼
	Wenzhou	針窟
	Jinhua	針眼孔
Xiang	Changsha	針鼻子, 針屁股
	Loudi	針鼻頭

Derived terms

• 針孔攝像頭／针孔摄像头
• 針孔照相機／针孔照相机
• 針孔現象／针孔现象

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 針孔 – see 針空 (“eye”). (This term is a variant form of 針空).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
針	孔
め Grade: 6	ど Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
穴

Noun

針(め)孔(ど) • (medo) 

1. eye of a needle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
針	孔
はり Grade: 6	めど Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

針(はり)孔(めど) • (harimedo) 

1. eye of a needle

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
針	孔
み Grade: 6	ず Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
針眼

Noun

針(み)孔(ず) • (mizu) ^{←みづ (midu)?}

1. eye of a needle

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
針	孔
み Grade: 6	ぞ Grade: S
irregular

Noun

針(み)孔(ぞ) • (mizo) 

1. eye of a needle