揭短

Chinese

		lift off (a cover); divulge	lack; short
trad. (揭短)		揭	短
simp. #(揭短)		揭	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ dyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-toán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jieduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-tuan³
    • Yale: jyē-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiedoan
    • Palladius: цзедуань (czeduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ dyun²
    • Yale: kit dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ tyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-toán
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-tuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatdoarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

揭短

1. to rake up somebody's faults, shortcomings, or weaknesses