胃口

Chinese

		stomach	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (胃口)		胃	口
simp. ^#(胃口)		胃	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèikǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ hau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-khiéu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ui-kháu / ūi-kháu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁷ kao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèikǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèikǒu
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-kʻou³
  - Yale: wèi-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weykoou
  - Palladius: вэйкоу (vɛjkou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ hau²
  - Yale: waih háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-khiéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi kieu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ kieu³
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: ui-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'qao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: uī-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixqao
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ kʰau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui²²⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui⁷ kao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ūi kháu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui¹¹ kʰau⁵²/

Noun

胃口

(literally) appetite (desire for food or drink)
(figuratively) liking

Synonyms

(appetite):

喙口 (Min Nan)
喉口 (Leizhou Min)
喙斗 (Min Nan)
喙舌 (Min Nan)
肚量 (dùliàng) (amount one can eat in a meal)
脾土 (pî-thó͘) (Hokkien)
脾胃 (Hokkien)
食慾 / 食欲 (shíyù)
食量 (shíliàng) (amount one can eat in a meal)
食食 (Leizhou Min, amount one can eat in a meal)
飯量 / 饭量 (fànliàng) (amount one can eat in a meal)

(liking):

偏嗜 (piānshì)
口味 (kǒuwèi) (figurative)
喜好 (xǐhào)
嗜好 (shìhào)
愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
癖好 (pǐhào)
興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)

Derived terms

倒胃口 (dǎo wèikǒu)
合胃口 (hé wèikǒu)