咬字

Chinese

		bite; nip	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (咬字)		咬	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎozì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau⁵ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kā-jī / kā-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎozì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎozìh
    • Wade–Giles: yao³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: yǎu-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeautzyh
    • Palladius: яоцзы (jaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎozìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎozìhr
    • Wade–Giles: yao³-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yǎu-dzìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeautzell
    • Palladius: яоцзыр (jaoczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau⁵ zi⁶
    • Yale: ngáauh jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau⁵ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao⁵ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːu̯¹³ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kā-jī
    • Tâi-lô: kā-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaxji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka³³⁻²¹ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kā-lī
    • Tâi-lô: kā-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaxli
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka³³⁻¹¹ li³³/

Verb

咬字

1. (in Chinese opera, or other forms of vocal art, or generally) to enunciate; to pronounce

   咬字清晰  ―  yǎozì qīngxī  ―  to pronounce clearly

Synonyms

• 吐字 (tǔzì)