戒口

Chinese

		swear off; warn against	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (戒口)		戒	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: jyè-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehkoou
    • Palladius: цзекоу (czekou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièkǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièkǒur
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyè-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehkooul
    • Palladius: цзекоур (czekour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³ hau²
    • Yale: gaai háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

戒口

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to follow a diet for health reasons; to avoid certain food
2. (literary) to speak cautiously

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 忌口 (“to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		忌口
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	忌嘴
	Wanrong	忌嘴
	Xi'an	忌口
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	忌口
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	戒口
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	忌嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戒口
	Hong Kong	戒口
	Taishan	戒口
Gan	Nanchang	忌口
	Pingxiang	戒口
Hakka	Meixian	儉嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	戒口
Southern Min	Xiamen	忌喙, 禁喙, 噤喙
	Quanzhou	忌喙, 禁喙
	Zhangzhou	禁喙
	Tainan	禁喙, 忌喙, 噤喙
	Jieyang	噤, 噤喙
	Leizhou	忌喙
	Haikou	忌喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	忌口, 戒口
Wu	Shanghai	忌嘴
	Ningbo	忌嘴