拐杖

See also: 柺杖 and 枴杖

Chinese

	kidnap; to turn	cane, walking stick
trad. (拐杖)	拐	杖
simp. ^#(拐杖)	拐	杖
alternative forms	枴杖柺杖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎizhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai² zoeng^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎizhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄓㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎijhàng
  - Wade–Giles: kuai³-chang⁴
  - Yale: gwǎi-jàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goaijanq
  - Palladius: гуайчжан (guajčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    拐杖
    枴杖
    柺杖
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai² zoeng^6-2
  - Yale: gwáai jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai² dzoeng^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai² zêng^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

拐杖

walking stick; cane (Classifier: 個／个 m; 把 m; 支 c)
拐杖的作用是幫助行動不便的人。 [MSC, trad.]
拐杖的作用是帮助行动不便的人。 [MSC, simp.]
Guǎizhàng de zuòyòng shì bāngzhù xíngdòng bùbiàn de rén. [Pinyin]
The purpose of a walking stick is to assist those those with mobility issues.

Usage notes

In Mandarin, 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) is the most commonly used term for walking stick. By contrast, 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) can be used to describe a cane that has other uses, such as hiking or scaring away wild snakes.

Synonyms

手杖 (shǒuzhàng)
扶杖 (fúzhàng) (literary)
拐 (guǎi)
拐子 (guǎizi)
拄拐 (zhǔguǎi) (literary)
拄杖 (zhǔzhàng) (literary)
拐棍 (guǎigùn)
文明棍 (wénmínggùn) (dated)
青藜 (qīnglí) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 拐杖 (“walking stick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拐杖, 拐棍, 手杖, 文明棍 dated
Mandarin	Beijing	拐棍兒
	Taiwan	拐杖
	Harbin	拐棍兒, 拐杖, 手杖, 文明棍兒 dated
	Yantai (Muping)	拐, 拐棍兒, 手杖
	Jinan	拐棍, 拄棒, 手杖, 文明棍兒 dated
	Luoyang	拐棍兒
	Wanrong	拐拐, 文明棍兒
	Xi'an	拐拐兒, 拐棍兒, 文明棍兒
	Yinchuan	拐棍, 文明棍
	Lanzhou	拐棍, 文明棍子
	Xining	拐棍, 文明棍
	Ürümqi	拐棍兒
	Wuhan	拐棍, 文明棍子 dated, 文明棍 dated
	Chengdu	拐棍兒, 拐棍, 手棍兒, 文明棍兒, 文明棍
	Guiyang	拐棍, 拐杖, 杵手棍, 自由棍, 文明棍
	Liuzhou	拐棍, 司啲棍
	Xuzhou	拐棍兒, 拐杖, 文明棍兒, 斯提克 dated
	Yangzhou	拐棍
	Nanjing	拐棍, 拐杖, 文明棍
	Hefei	拐棍
	Singapore	拐杖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拐杖, 拐, 士的
	Hong Kong	拐杖, 士的
	Taishan	士的
	Dongguan	拐杖, 士的
	Yangjiang	拐杖, 士的
Gan	Nanchang	拐棍, 文明棍
	Lichuan	老人棒, 文明棍
	Pingxiang	拄手棍, 自由棍子 dated, 西洋棍 dated
Hakka	Meixian	杖仔, 手杖, 短㓤仔
Huizhou	Jixi	戳拐
Jin	Taiyuan	拐棍, 拐棍兒, 文明棍
Jin	Xinzhou	拐棍, 文明棍兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	杖仔, 文明杖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	具具, 杖杖, 老具, 具杖, 老杖
Southern Min	Xiamen	拐仔, 手拐, 洞葛
	Quanzhou	拐仔, 手拐, 洞葛
	Zhangzhou	拐仔, 手拐, 洞葛
	Taipei	拐仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	拐仔
	Kaohsiung	拐仔
	Yilan	拐仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	拐仔
	Taichung	拐仔
	Tainan	拐仔
	Hsinchu	拐仔
	Kinmen	洞葛, 拐仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拐仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	洞葛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	洞葛
	Chaozhou	洞葛
	Jieyang	洞葛
	Singapore (Teochew)	洞葛
	Leizhou	杖
	Haikou	手棍, 士的
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拐棍, 拐棒, 士的棍
Wu	Shanghai	拐杖, 司的克, 撐壓棒, 撐行棒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老鰥棒, 司的克
	Suzhou	拐杖, 拄拐, 司的克
	Danyang	拐棒
	Hangzhou	拐杖兒, 司的克
	Ningbo	按杖棒, 按拄杖, 司的克
	Wenzhou	棒拄, 司的克
	Jinhua	拐兒, 妒拐兒, 司的克
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	棍杖
Xiang	Changsha	拐棍, 戳手棍, 自由棍, 文明棍
	Loudi	戳手棍, 文明棍, 欑路棍
	Shuangfeng	戳手棍, 杖

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