卡脖子

Chinese

		customs station; to be choked; to fasten customs station; to be choked; to fasten; to clip; to wedge; checkpost; to check; to stop; to block; card	neck
trad. (卡脖子)		卡	脖子
simp. #(卡脖子)		卡	脖子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎ bózi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹ but⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎ bózi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎ bózi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻia³ po²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chyǎ bwó-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chea bor.tzy
    • Palladius: ця боцзы (cja boczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaa¹ but⁶ zi²
    • Yale: kā buht jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹ but⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹ bud⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵ puːt̚² t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

卡⫽脖子 (verb-object)

1. (literal) to seize somebody by the neck; to grip someone's throat
2. (figurative) to have in a stranglehold; to subdue