吃螺絲

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	screw
trad. (吃螺絲)		吃	螺絲
simp. (吃螺丝)		吃	螺丝
Literally: “to eat screws”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī luósī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ lo⁴ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī luósī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih luósih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ lo²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: chr̄ lwó-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy luosy
    • Palladius: чи лосы (či losy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ lo⁴ si¹
    • Yale: hek lòh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ lo⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ lo⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

吃⫽螺絲 (verb-object)

1. to fumble one's words

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 食螺絲／食螺丝