口齒

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	tooth
trad. (口齒)		口	齒
simp. (口齿)		口	齿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² ci²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-khí / kháu-khí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuchǐ [Phonetic: kóuchǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻih³
    • Yale: kǒu-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchyy
    • Palladius: коучи (kouči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² ci²
    • Yale: háu chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khí
    • Tâi-lô: khió-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khí
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi⁵³/

Noun

口齒

1. (literally) mouth and teeth
2. (figuratively) enunciation; clear pronunciation; articulation
3. (figuratively) ability to speak; diction
4. (figuratively) age of a draught animal
5. (Cantonese) trustworthiness

Synonyms

• (trustworthiness): 信用 (xìnyòng)

Derived terms

• 冇口齒 / 冇口齿
• 口齒伶俐 / 口齿伶俐
• 口齒便給 / 口齿便给
• 發脫口齒 / 发脱口齿
• 鬥口齒 / 斗口齿