吃槍藥

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	gunpowder
trad. (吃槍藥)		吃	槍藥
simp. (吃枪药)		吃	枪药
alternative forms		吃戧藥／吃戗药
Literally: “to have swallowed gunpowder”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī qiāngyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ coeng¹ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī qiāngyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih ciangyào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ chʻiang¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: chr̄ chyāng-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy chiangyaw
    • Palladius: чи цянъяо (či cjanʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīqiāngyàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihciangyàor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chʻiang¹-yao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chr̄-chyāng-yàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chychiangyawl
    • Palladius: чицянъяор (čicjanʺjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ coeng¹ joek⁶
    • Yale: hek chēung yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ tsoeng¹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ cêng¹ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/

Verb

吃⫽槍藥 (verb-object)

1. (figurative) to speak rudely or insolently; to be ablaze with anger; to be ornery