親喙

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	beak; to pant
trad. (親喙)		親	喙
simp. (亲喙)		亲	喙
alternative forms		親嘴／亲嘴

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing¹ cui⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhin-chhùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ cui³

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹ cui⁴ [Phonetic: cing² cui⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ching-chu̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ t͡sʰui⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹ cui⁴ [Phonetic: cing² cui⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshin-tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chinzhuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng¹ cui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng tshùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰui²¹³/

Note: Jieyang.

Adverb

親喙

(Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) personally (say something)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 親口 (“personally (say something)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		親口
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	親口兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	親口
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	親口
Cantonese	Guangzhou	親口
Cantonese	Hong Kong	親口
Gan	Lichuan	親口
Southern Min	Xiamen	親喙
	Tainan	親喙
	Jieyang	親喙
Puxian Min	Putian	親喙
Puxian Min	Xianyou	親喙

Further reading

“親喙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “亲喙”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 98.