口渴

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	thirsty
trad. (口渴)		口	渴
simp. #(口渴)		口	渴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒukě

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² hot³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒukě [Phonetic: kóukě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒukě
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-kʻo³
    • Yale: kǒu-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooukee
    • Palladius: коукэ (koukɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² hot³
    • Yale: háu hot
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² hot⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² hod³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hɔːt̚³/

Noun

口渴

1. thirst

   飢餓和口渴的問題可以拖延一下。 [MSC, trad.]
   饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià. [Pinyin]

   Hunger and thirst can wait.

Adjective

口渴

1. thirsty

   我有一點口渴。／我有一点口渴。  ―  Wǒ yǒu yīdiǎn kǒukě.  ―  I am a little thirsty.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 渴 (“thirsty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口渴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	渴
	Taiwan	渴
	Singapore	口渴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	渴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	渴, 炕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	口乾, 渴
	Wuhan	渴, 口乾
	Guilin	渴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嘴乾
	Hefei	渴, 口乾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頸渴
	Hong Kong	頸渴, 口渴, 口乾
	Taishan	頸渴
	Yangjiang	頸渴, 渴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口乾, 頸渴, 口渴
Gan	Nanchang	渴
Hakka	Meixian	肚渴, 渴
	Xingning	嘴渴
	Huidong (Daling)	渴
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頸渴
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頸渴
	Changting	嘴燥
	Wuping	嘴恁燥, 嘴恁渴
	Wuping (Pingyu)	肚渴
	Liancheng	嘴燥
	Ninghua	口燥
	Ruijin	嘴燥
	Shicheng	嘴燥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	口乾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘴渴, 肚渴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴渴
Jin	Taiyuan	渴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙焦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	渴, 喙焦
	Matsu	喙焦
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙焦, 喙渴
	Quanzhou	喙焦
	Zhangzhou	喙焦, 喙渴, 喙堅
	Zhao'an	喙渴
	Taipei	喙焦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙焦喉渴
	Kaohsiung	喙焦
	Yilan	喙焦
	Changhua (Lukang)	喙焦
	Taichung	喙焦
	Tainan	喙焦
	Hsinchu	喙焦
	Kinmen	喙焦
	Penghu (Magong)	喙焦
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙焦
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙焦
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙焦
	Chaozhou	喉焦
	Shantou	喉焦
	Jieyang	喉焦
	Haifeng	喉渴
	Singapore (Teochew)	喉焦
	Pontianak (Teochew)	喉焦
	Wenchang	渴
	Haikou	喙渴
	Singapore (Hainanese)	渴, 喙渴
Wu	Suzhou	嘴乾
	Danyang	口乾
	Wenzhou	渴, 口燥
Xiang	Changsha	口乾, 乾
	Shuangfeng	口乾, 乾