胳肢

Chinese

		armpit	limb
trad. (胳肢)		胳	肢
simp. #(胳肢)		胳	肢

Etymology

From Mongolian гижиг ("gijik")

Sense "tickle".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gézhi, gēzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄓ, ㄍㄜ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gézhi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: géjhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-chih⁵
    • Yale: gé-jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger.jy
    • Palladius: гэчжи (gɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gejhih
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-chih¹
    • Yale: gē-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gejy
    • Palladius: гэчжи (gɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ zi¹
    • Yale: gaak jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

胳肢

1. (colloquial) to tickle