拗口

Chinese

		stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (拗口)		拗	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àokǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³ hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): áu-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àokǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àokǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: àu-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: awkoou
    • Palladius: аокоу (aokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aau³ hau²
    • Yale: aau háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aau³ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ao³ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³³ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: áu-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aw'qao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

Adjective

拗口

1. hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 繑口／𰬐口
• (Hokkien) 桀喙, 拗喙, 枴喙

Derived terms

• 拗口令 (àokǒulìng)