口癖

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	habit; hobby
simp. and trad. (口癖)		口	癖

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 口癖 (kuchiguse).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒupǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒupǐ [Phonetic: kóupǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒupǐ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-pʻi³
  - Yale: kǒu-pǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooupii
  - Palladius: коупи (koupi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

口癖

(slang, neologism) one's favourite expression; stock phrase; pet phrase

Synonyms

口頭禪／口头禅 (kǒutóuchán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	癖
くち Grade: 1	くせ > ぐせ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くちぐせ [kùchígúsé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟t͡ɕiɡɯ̟se̞]

Noun

口(くち)癖(ぐせ) • (kuchiguse)

phrase that one uses regularly

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN