噤喙

Chinese

		unable to speak; silent	beak; to pant
trad. (噤喙)		噤	喙
simp. #(噤喙)		噤	喙
alternative forms		強喙／强喙 強嘴／强嘴 噤嘴

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiūⁿ-chhùi / khiōⁿ-chhùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kion⁷ cui³

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiūⁿ-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: khiūnn-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qviuxzhuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiōⁿ-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: khiōnn-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvioixzhuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kion⁷ cui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiōⁿ tshùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰĩõ¹¹ t͡sʰui²¹³/

Verb

噤喙

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be frugal and not eat indiscriminately
3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shut one's mouth and not speak

Synonyms

• (to avoid certain food):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		忌口
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	忌嘴
	Wanrong	忌嘴
	Xi'an	忌口
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	忌口
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	戒口
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	忌嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戒口
	Hong Kong	戒口
	Taishan	戒口
Gan	Nanchang	忌口
	Pingxiang	戒口
Hakka	Meixian	儉嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	戒口
Southern Min	Xiamen	忌喙, 禁喙, 噤喙
	Quanzhou	忌喙, 禁喙
	Zhangzhou	禁喙
	Tainan	禁喙, 忌喙, 噤喙
	Jieyang	噤, 噤喙
	Leizhou	忌喙
	Haikou	忌喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	忌口, 戒口
Wu	Shanghai	忌嘴
	Ningbo	忌嘴

Dialectal synonyms of 忌口 (“to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)”) [map]