象拔

Chinese

shape; form; appearance
shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
 
pull up; pull out; select
pull up; pull out; select; promote
 
trad. (象拔) 象 拔
simp. #(象拔) 象 拔

Etymology

拔 (bat6) is probably from a checked tone reading of 鼻 (“nose”) (cf. Mai and Tan, 2016).

Pronunciation

Noun

象拔

  1. (Cantonese) elephant trunk

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 象鼻 (“elephant's trunk”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 象鼻
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 象鼻
Singapore 象鼻
Cantonese Guangzhou 象拔
Hong Kong 象鼻
Hakka Meixian 象鼻
Southern Min Shantou 象鼻

Derived terms

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