咋舌

Chinese

		loud noise; shout; suddenly loud noise; shout; suddenly; gnaw	tongue
trad. (咋舌)		咋	舌
simp. #(咋舌)		咋	舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³ sit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nà-chi̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéshé
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-shê²
    • Yale: dzé-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzersher
    • Palladius: цзэшэ (czɛšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³ sit³
    • Yale: ja sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³ siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nà-chi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: nà-tsi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: narcih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

Verb

咋舌

1. (literary) to be left speechless (with fear, astonishment, etc.)