口乾

See also: 口干

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
trad. (口乾)		口	乾
simp. (口干)		口	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒugān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² gon¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kou³ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒugān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒugan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-kan¹
    • Yale: kǒu-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koougan
    • Palladius: коугань (kouganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² gon¹
    • Yale: háu gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kou³ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰəu̯⁴¹ kan³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 口乾

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Xiang) thirsty

   我好口乾呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我好口干呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ hou² hau² gon¹ aa³! [Jyutping]

   I'm really 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
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嘴渴
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	口渴
	Wengyuan	嘴燥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頸渴
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頸渴
	Liannan	渴
	Jiexi	肚渴
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	渴
	Changting	嘴燥
	Wuping	嘴恁燥, 嘴恁渴
	Wuping (Yanqian)	嘴燥
	Wuping (Pingyu)	肚渴
	Liancheng	嘴燥
	Ninghua	口燥, 渴
	Ningdu	嘴燥
	Ruijin	嘴燥
	Shicheng	嘴燥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	口乾
	Tonggu (Sandu)	乾
	Dayu	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
	Hong Kong	渴
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	渴
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	渴
	Xinyi (Sihe)	頸渴
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	頸渴
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	渴
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	渴
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	渴
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	嘴燥
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	渴
	Mengshan (Xihe)	渴
	Luchuan	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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 口乾

1. (pathology) dry mouth; xerostomia