忌嘴

Chinese

		avoid as taboo; jealous	mouth
trad. (忌嘴)		忌	嘴
simp. #(忌嘴)		忌	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìzuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìzuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìzuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-tsui³
    • Yale: jì-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihtzoei
    • Palladius: цзицзуй (cziczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei⁶ zeoi²
    • Yale: geih jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²² t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

忌嘴

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

Synonyms

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