摳字眼兒

See also: 抠字眼儿

Chinese
dig out (with finger); stingy
trad. (摳字眼兒) 摳 字眼兒
simp. (抠字眼儿) 抠 字眼儿

Pronunciation

Verb

摳⫽字眼兒 (verb-object)

  1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 摳字眼／抠字眼 (kōuzìyǎn, “to pay too much attention to the shades of meanings of words; to find fault with the choice of words”).

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 摳字眼 (“to find fault with the choice of words; to be picky with words”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 摳字眼, 挑字眼, 咬字眼
Mandarin Beijing 摳字眼兒, 挑字眼兒, 咬字眼兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 捉字蝨
Hong Kong 捉字蝨
Hakka Meixian 捉字蝨, 摳字眼
Southern Min Xiamen 鑽字縫, 鑽字眼, 吮字骨
Shantou 研字仁, 摳字眼
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