缺嘴

Chinese

	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	mouth
trad. (缺嘴)	缺	嘴
simp. ^#(缺嘴)	缺	嘴
alternative forms	缺喙 Min

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quēzuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝㄗㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ zeoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet-choi / khiat-choi
Eastern Min (BUC): kiék-chói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khih-chhùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): kih⁴ cui³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷chiuq-tsy; ⁷chioq-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quēzuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝㄗㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuezuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-tsui³
  - Yale: chywē-dzwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuetzoei
  - Palladius: цюэцзуй (cjueczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ zeoi²
  - Yale: kyut jéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ dzoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ zêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet-choi
  - Hakka Romanization System: kied^ˋ zoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ zoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚² t͡soi̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat-choi
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiad^ˋ zoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ zoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚² t͡soi̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kiék-chói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰui²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khih-chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: khih-tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qihzhuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kih⁴ cui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khih tshùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷chiuq-tsy; ⁷chioq-tsy
  - MiniDict: chiuih^入 tsy; chioh^入 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qyq-tsr; ⁴qioq-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

缺嘴

harelip

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兔脣 (“cleft lip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兔缺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兔脣, 脣裂, 裂脣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	豁嘴兒, 豁脣兒, 豁脣子, 三瓣嘴兒
	Taiwan	兔脣
	Langfang	豁子
	Harbin	豁嘴兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	豁子嘴兒
	Cangzhou	豁豁嘴兒
	Baoding	豁子
	Shijiazhuang	豁豁嘴兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	豁子, 豁嘴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	豁兒嘴
	Daming	豁嘴子
	Wanrong	豁豁
	Xi'an	豁豁兒嘴
	Xining	豁兒
	Xuzhou	豁嘴脣兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	兔子嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豁豁嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	豁豁嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豁豁兒
	Wuhan	豁子, 豁嘴
	Guiyang	豁豁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豁嘴兒, 兔嘴兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	豁子, 豁嘴子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兔嘴, 崩口脣, 崩嘴, 崩口
Cantonese	Hong Kong	兔脣
Hakka	Meixian	缺嘴, 缺嘴仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	缺嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	缺嘴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	缺嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	缺嘴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	缺嘴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	缺嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	缺嘴, 破嘴, 破缺嘴
Jin	Taiyuan	豁豁嘴, 兔脣脣
	Xinzhou	豁脣子
	Zhangjiakou	豁脣脣
	Handan	三片子嘴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	缺喙, 缺仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	缺喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	缺脣, 缺喙
	Quanzhou	缺脣, 缺喙
	Jinjiang	缺喙
	Zhangzhou	缺脣, 缺喙
	Taipei	缺喙
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	缺喙
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	缺喙
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	缺喙
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	缺喙
	Yilan (Toucheng)	缺喙
	Tainan	缺喙
	Tainan (Anping)	缺喙
	Kinmen	缺喙
	Penghu (Magong)	缺喙
	Penghu (Xiyu)	缺喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	缺脣, 缺喙
	Shantou	缺喙
	Jieyang	缺喙
	Leizhou	缺喙
	Haikou	缺喙
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	崩喙
Wu	Shanghai	豁嘴, 缺嘴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	缺嘴
	Suzhou	豁嘴, 缺嘴
	Danyang	豁嘴
	Hangzhou	缺嘴兒
	Ningbo	缺嘴, 缺嘴弄
Xiang	Changsha	缺子

Verb

缺⫽嘴 (verb-object)

(Mandarin, colloquial) to fail to satisfy one's appetite or hunger