噤喙
Chinese
| unable to speak; silent | beak; to pant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (噤喙) | 噤 | 喙 | |
| simp. #(噤喙) | 噤 | 喙 | |
| alternative forms | 強喙／强喙 強嘴／强嘴 噤嘴 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiūⁿ-chhùi
- Tâi-lô: khiūnn-tshuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: qviuxzhuix
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰui¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiōⁿ-chhùi
- Tâi-lô: khiōnn-tshuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: qvioixzhuix
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: kion7 cui3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiōⁿ tshùi
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰĩõ¹¹ t͡sʰui²¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Verb
噤喙
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be frugal and not eat indiscriminately
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shut one's mouth and not speak
Synonyms
- (to avoid certain food):
Dialectal synonyms of 忌口 (“to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 忌口 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 忌嘴 |
| Wanrong | 忌嘴 | |
| Xi'an | 忌口 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 忌口 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 戒口 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 忌嘴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戒口 |
| Hong Kong | 戒口 | |
| Taishan | 戒口 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 忌口 |
| Pingxiang | 戒口 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 儉嘴 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 戒口 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 忌喙, 禁喙, 噤喙 |
| Quanzhou | 忌喙, 禁喙 | |
| Zhangzhou | 禁喙 | |
| Tainan | 禁喙, 忌喙, 噤喙 | |
| Jieyang | 噤, 噤喙 | |
| Leizhou | 忌喙 | |
| Haikou | 忌喙 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 忌口, 戒口 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 忌嘴 |
| Ningbo | 忌嘴 | |