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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-khiéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi kieu`
    • 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

1. (literally) appetite (desire for food or drink)
2. (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)
• 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)