呃逆

Chinese

		hiccough	contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
trad. (呃逆)		呃	逆
simp. #(呃逆)		呃	逆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ènì

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ jik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ek-ge̍k / eh-ge̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ènì
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ènì
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-ni⁴
    • Yale: è-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehnih
    • Palladius: эни (eni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aak¹ jik⁶
    • Yale: āak yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ jɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ek-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ik-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ekgek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eh-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: eh-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ehgek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡiɪk̚⁴/

Verb

呃逆

1. (medicine, formal) to hiccup

Usage notes

The term 呃逆 is quite technical; 打嗝 (dǎgé) is much more common in modern Mandarin.

Synonyms

• 打嗝 (dǎgé)