吃醋

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	vinegar
simp. and trad. (吃醋)		吃	醋
Literally: “to eat vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīcù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ cou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chīcù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chytsuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ cou³
    • Yale: hek chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ cou³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³³/

Verb

吃醋

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) to feel jealous (usually of a rival in love)

Synonyms

• 妒忌 (dùjì)
• 嫉妒 (jídù)
• (Cantonese) 呷醋 (haap3 cou3)
• (Min Nan) 紅目／红目 (âng-ba̍k), 食醋 (chia̍h-chhò͘)