口罩

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	cover; fish trap (basket); shade
simp. and trad. (口罩)		口	罩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau² zaau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): heu² zau^1-4*

• Northern Min (KCR): kě-ca̿u
• Eastern Min (BUC): kēu-*dáu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-tàu / kháu-tà

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao² zao⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kheu-tsau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒujhào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chao⁴
    • Yale: kǒu-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooujaw
    • Palladius: коучжао (koučžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuzhàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄓㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒujhàor
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: kǒu-jàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooujawl
    • Palladius: коучжаор (koučžaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² zaau³
    • Yale: háu jaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² dzaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² zao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ t͡saːu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: heu² zau^1-4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu⁵⁵ t͡sau³³⁻²¹⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kě-ca̿u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe²¹ t͡sau³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kēu-*dáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛu³³⁻⁵⁵ tɑu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-tàu
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-tàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'daux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-tà
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-tà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'dax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ta²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao² zao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu tsău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kheu-tsau
    • MiniDict: kheu^去 tsau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu-tsau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³³ t͡sɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

口罩

1. surgical mask; gauze mask (worn over nose and mouth) (Classifier: 隻／只 m; 個／个)

   戴口罩  ―  dài kǒuzhào  ―  to wear a mask

   外科口罩  ―  wàikē kǒuzhào  ―  surgical mask

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口罩 (“surgical mask”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口罩
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	口罩兒
	Taiwan	口罩
	Malaysia	口罩
	Singapore	口罩
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	口罩兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	口罩子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	口罩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口罩
	Hong Kong	口罩
	Taishan	口罩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口罩
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴落仔, 揞嘴仔, 封嘴仔, 嘴揞仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴落仔, 蒙嘴個
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	封嘴仔, 嘴落仔, 揞嘴仔, 嘴揞仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴落, 封嘴個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	封嘴仔, 封嘴, 嘴落仔, 揞嘴仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴籃, 嘴落, 嘴揞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	口罩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	口罩
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙罩
	Zhangzhou	喙罩
	Kaohsiung	喙罨仔
	Yilan	喙罨
	Changhua (Lukang)	掩喙
	Taichung	牛喙罨仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	掩喙
	Tainan	牛喙罨
	Taitung	喙掩
	Hsinchu	掩喙
	Penghu (Magong)	喙含
	Singapore (Hokkien)	口罩, 喙崁
	Longyan	口罩
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	口罩
	Haifeng	口罩
	Singapore (Teochew)	口罩
	Leizhou	喙罩
	Wenchang	喙㔶
	Haikou	喙簏, 喙㔶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	喙㔶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口罩
Wu	Shanghai	口罩
	Danyang	口罩

Derived terms

• 外科口罩 (wàikē kǒuzhào)

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: goujcau

See also

• 面具 (miànjù)