落喙

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	beak; to pant
trad. (落喙)		落	喙
simp. #(落喙)		落	喙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làu-chhùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: làu-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laozhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Verb

落喙

1. (Southern Min) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark
2. (Southern Min) to coax a secret from (or out of) someone; to trick someone into telling the truth

Synonyms

• (to have a slip of the tongue):

• 失口 (shīkǒu)
• 失言 (shīyán)
• 失語／失语 (shīyǔ) (literary)
• 漏喙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ)
• 漏話／漏话 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 脫喙／脱喙 (Hokkien)
• 落口 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 落話／落话 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 說漏嘴／说漏嘴 (shuō lòuzuǐ)
• 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)

 

• (to trick someone into telling the truth): 套話／套话 (tàohuà)