忌喙

Chinese

		avoid as taboo; jealous	beak; to pant
simp. and trad. (忌喙)		忌	喙
alternative forms		忌嘴

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khî-chhùi / khī-chhùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: khî-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qizhuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khī-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: khī-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qixzhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

Verb

忌喙

1. (Southern Min) to avoid certain food (as when one is ill); to be on a diet

Synonyms

• 忌口 (jìkǒu)
• 忌嘴 (jìzuǐ)
• (Cantonese) 戒口 (jièkǒu)
• (Min Nan) 噤喙, 禁喙