頂嘴

Chinese

		go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	mouth
trad. (頂嘴)		頂	嘴
simp. (顶嘴)		顶	嘴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dǐngzuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din³ zui³

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dìngzuì
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ding² zeoi²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): deang² zui²
Jin (Wiktionary): ding² zui²
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): ding² zui²
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): din³ zei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngzuǐ [Phonetic: díngzuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngzuěi
  - Wade–Giles: ting³-tsui³
  - Yale: dǐng-dzwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingtzoei
  - Palladius: динцзуй (dinczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: din³ zui³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dinzui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin⁵³ t͡suei⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: dìngzuì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵³ t͡suei⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding² zeoi²
  - Yale: díng jéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding² dzoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding² zêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: deang² zui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /təŋ³⁵ t͡sui³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ding² zui²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiŋ⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡suei⁵³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: ding² zui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³³ t͡sui³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: din³ zei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin⁴¹ t͡se̞i̯⁴¹/

Verb

頂嘴

to answer back (to one's parents or superiors); to talk back

Synonyms

頂撞／顶撞 (dǐngzhuàng)
(Min Nan) 拄觸／拄触

Dialectal synonyms of 頂嘴 (“to answer back; to talk back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頂嘴, 還嘴, 還口, 回嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Taiwan	頂嘴
	Chengde	頂嘴
	Chifeng	頂嘴, 爭嘴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頂嘴
	Heihe	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Qiqihar	頂嘴
	Harbin	頂嘴
	Jiamusi	頂嘴, 爭嘴
	Baicheng	頂嘴, 爭嘴
	Changchun	頂嘴
	Tonghua	頂嘴
	Shenyang	頂嘴
	Jinzhou	頂嘴
	Malaysia	頂嘴
	Singapore	頂嘴
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	頂嘴
	Tangshan	頂嘴
	Cangzhou	頂嘴
	Baoding	頂嘴
	Shijiazhuang	吵嘴
	Lijin	頂嘴
	Jinan	頂嘴, 犟嘴
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	頂嘴
	Dandong	頂嘴
	Yantai	犟嘴
	Yantai (Muping)	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Qingdao	頂嘴
	Zhucheng	頂嘴兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	犟嘴, 對嘴, 對嘴貼舌
	Lingbao	頂嘴
	Jining	頂嘴
	Wanrong	犟嘴
	Linfen	頂嘴
	Shangqiu	頂嘴
	Yuanyang	頂嘴
	Zhengzhou	頂嘴
	Xinyang	犟嘴
	Baihe	頂嘴
	Xi'an	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Baoji	頂嘴
	Tianshui	犟嘴
	Xining	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Xuzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴, 反犟, 犟
	Fuyang	頂嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	頂嘴
	Lanzhou	頂嘴
	Dunhuang	頂嘴
	Hami	頂嘴
	Ürümqi	頂嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	頂嘴, 對嘴
	Nanchong	頂嘴
	Dazhou	頂嘴
	Hanyuan	扯皮
	Xichang	頂嘴
	Zigong	對嘴
	Chongqing	頂嘴
	Wuhan	頂嘴
	Yichang	頂嘴
	Xiangyang	爭嘴
	Tianmen	頂嘴
	Guiyang	頂嘴, 抵嘴
	Zunyi	頂嘴
	Bijie	頂嘴, 抵嘴
	Liping	頂嘴
	Zhaotong	爭嘴
	Dali	鬥嘴
	Kunming	爭嘴
	Mengzi	頂嘴
	Guilin	頂嘴
	Liuzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Jishou	頂嘴
	Changde	絞嘴
	Hanzhong	頂嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	頂嘴
	Yangzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴, 犟
	Lianyungang	頂嘴
	Lianshui	頂
	Nantong	頂嘴
	Anqing	頂嘴
	Wuhu	頂嘴
	Hefei	頂嘴
	Hong'an	頂嘴, 犟嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頂頸, 駁嘴, 應嘴, 頂嘴, 駁嘴駁舌
	Hong Kong	頂頸, 駁嘴, 駁嘴駁舌
	Dongguan	頂頸, 駁嘴, 頂嘴, 頂喉頂鼻
Gan	Nanchang	還嘴
Hakka	Meixian	撐嘴
	Xingning	撐嘴
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	應嘴, 應話, 應嘴應鼻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	應嘴應鼻, 應事
Huizhou	Jixi	頂嘴, 犟嘴
Huizhou	Shexian	頂嘴
Jin	Taiyuan	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Yangyuan	頂嘴
	Datong	頂嘴
	Xinzhou	頂嘴, 犟嘴
	Lüliang (Lishi)	頂嘴
	Changzhi	頂嘴
	Linhe	頂嘴
	Jining	頂嘴
	Hohhot	頂嘴
	Erenhot	頂嘴
	Pingshan	犟嘴
	Zhangjiakou	頂嘴
	Handan	頂嘴
	Linzhou	犟嘴
	Suide	頂嘴, 犟嘴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	應喙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	應喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	拄喙, 應喙應舌, 話拄, 桀話
	Quanzhou	拄喙, 應喙應舌, 桀話
	Zhangzhou	拄喙, 應喙應舌, 桀話
	Tainan	應喙 GT, 應話 GT, 應舌 GT, 應喙應舌 GT, 揬 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	應喙, 應話, 應喙應舌
	Shantou	駁喙
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	頂喙
	Puning	堵喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	頂嘴, 頂喉, 頂頸, 頂口
Wu	Shanghai	還嘴, 還嘴還舌, 頂嘴
	Danyang	頂嘴
	Hangzhou	頂嘴
	Wenzhou	頂嘴, 應嘴
Xiang	Changsha	頂嘴, 翻嘴, 還價
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)