口吻

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	kiss; mouth
simp. and trad. (口吻)		口	吻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuwěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² man⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-bún / kháu-bún / khó͘-bún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuwěn [Phonetic: kóuwěn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuwǔn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-wên³
    • Yale: kǒu-wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouwoen
    • Palladius: коувэнь (kouvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² man⁵
    • Yale: háu máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ mɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-bún
    • Tâi-lô: khió-bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'buon
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-bún
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'buon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-bún
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofbuon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun⁵³/

Noun

口吻

1. tone of voice; intonation; way of speaking
2. muzzle; snout

Related terms

• 口風／口风 (kǒufēng)
• 口氣／口气 (kǒuqì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	吻
こう Grade: 1	ふん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーふん [kòófúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

口(こう)吻(ふん) • (kōfun) ^{←こうふん (koufun)?}

1. (anatomy) proboscis

   チョウの口吻(こうふん)

   chō no kōfun

   butterfly proboscis

2. tone of voice; intonation; way of speaking

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)