The proper Chinese name for mace is Gu Duo (骨朵), which was a corruption of Gua Zhun (胍肫), meaning big belly or flower bud. It was also known as Chui (錘, can be written as 鎚, meaning hammer), the later term is more common in modern usage.
Suan To Gu Duo (蒜頭骨朵, lit. 'Garlic mace')
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| Drawing of a Suan Tou Gu Duo, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'. |
Suan Tou Gu Duo was a mace with a garlic- or pumpkin-shaped mace head.