骨鯁在喉

See also: 骨鲠在喉

Chinese

		fishbone	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	throat; larynx
trad. (骨鯁在喉)		骨鯁	在	喉
simp. (骨鲠在喉)		骨鲠	在	喉
Literally: “fishbone is stuck in one's throat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔgěngzàihóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄥˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ gang² zoi⁶ hau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgěngzàihóu [Phonetic: gúgěngzàihóu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄥˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔgěngzàihóu
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-kêng³-tsai⁴-hou²
    • Yale: gǔ-gěng-dzài-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guugeengtzayhour
    • Palladius: гугэнцзайхоу (gugɛnczajxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ gang² zoi⁶ hau⁴
    • Yale: gwāt gáng joih hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ gang² dzoi⁶ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ geng² zoi⁶ heo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ kɐŋ³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

骨鯁在喉

1. to have something that one must get off one's chest; to have to say or speak up about something to feel comfortable

Synonyms

• 如鯁在喉／如鲠在喉