呷醋
Chinese
| suck, swallow, drink | vinegar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (呷醋) | 呷 | 醋 | |
| simp. #(呷醋) | 呷 | 醋 | |
| Literally: “to drink vinegar”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haap3 cou3
- Yale: haap chou
- Cantonese Pinyin: haap8 tsou3
- Guangdong Romanization: hab3 cou3
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːp̚³ t͡sʰou̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hap1 tu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hap̚³³ tʰu³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
呷醋
- (Cantonese, Southern Pinghua) to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)
- 2012 April 17, “關楚耀床戲 苟芸慧緊張”, in 大公報 [Ta Kung Pao], page B12:
- 片中他們都有親熱鏡頭，但三位男生都謂無須向女友備案，亦無懼女友呷醋。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- pin3-2 zung1 taa1 mun4 dou1 jau5 can1 jit6 geng3 tau4, daan6 saam1 wai6-2 naam4 sang1 dou1 wai6 mou4 seoi1 hoeng3 neoi5 jau5 bei6 on3, jik6 mou4 geoi6 neoi5 jau5 haap3 cou3. [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
片中他们都有亲热镜头，但三位男生都谓无须向女友备案，亦无惧女友呷醋。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 吃醋 (“to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吃醋 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吃醋 |
| Singapore | 吃醋 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 吃醋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 吃醋 |
| Xining | 吃醋 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吃醋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 吃醋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 呷醋 |
| Hong Kong | 呷醋 | |
| Taishan | 呷醋 | |
| Dongguan | 呷醋 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 呷醋 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吃醋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食醋 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 食醋 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吃醋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吃醋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 食醋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食醋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食醋 |
| Quanzhou | 食醋 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食醋 | |
| Taipei | 食醋 GT | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食醋 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 食醋 | |
| Shantou | 食醋 | |
| Haikou | 食醋 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 呷醋, 吃醋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃醋 |
| Suzhou | 吃醋 | |
| Ningbo | 吃醋 | |
| Jinhua | 吃醋 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃醋 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |