嚼勁

Chinese

		to chew	stalwart; sturdy; strength
trad. (嚼勁)		嚼	勁
simp. (嚼劲)		嚼	劲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiáojìn, jiáojìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ, ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáojìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiáojìn
    • Wade–Giles: chiao²-chin⁴
    • Yale: jyáu-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyaujinn
    • Palladius: цзяоцзинь (czjaoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáojìnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiáojìnr
    • Wade–Giles: chiao²-chin⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyáu-jìnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyaujiell
    • Palladius: цзяоцзиньр (czjaoczinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiə̯ɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáojìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiáojìng
    • Wade–Giles: chiao²-ching⁴
    • Yale: jyáu-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyaujinq
    • Palladius: цзяоцзин (czjaoczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

嚼勁

1. chewiness

   這個滷牛肉，真的很有嚼勁。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个卤牛肉，真的很有嚼劲。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhège lǔ niúròu, zhēnde hěn yǒu jiáojìn. [Pinyin]

   This braised beef is really chewy.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 咬口