毒舌

Chinese

		poison; venom	tongue
trad. (毒舌)		毒	舌
simp. #(毒舌)		毒	舌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 毒(どく)舌(ぜつ) (dokuzetsu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ sit³ / duk⁶ sit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúshé
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-shê²
    • Yale: dú-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
    • Palladius: душэ (dušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ sit³ / duk⁶ sit⁶
    • Yale: duhk sit / duhk siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sit⁸ / duk⁹ sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ xid³ / dug⁶ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² siːt̚³/, /tʊk̚² siːt̚²/

Noun

毒舌

1. sharp tongue; spiteful remark; vituperation

Adjective

毒舌

1. sharp-tongued

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒	舌
どく Grade: 5	ぜつ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくぜつ [dòkúzétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ze̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

毒(どく)舌(ぜつ) • (dokuzetsu) 

1. a spiteful tongue; malicious language

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	舌

Noun

毒舌 • (dokseol) (hangeul 독설)

1. hanja form^? of 독설 (“invective, vituperation”)