烏鴉口

Chinese

		crow; raven	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (烏鴉口)		烏鴉	口
simp. (乌鸦口)		乌鸦	口

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ aa¹ hau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ aa¹ hau²
    • Yale: wū ā háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ aa¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ a¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ aː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

烏鴉口

1. (Cantonese) someone who makes inauspicious remarks; vocal pessimist; doomsayer; croaker; jinx

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏鴉嘴 (“vocal pessimist; doomsayer; croaker”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏鴉嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烏鴉嘴
	Singapore	烏鴉嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	烏鴉嘴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	烏鴉口
Southern Min	Quanzhou	破喙
	Tainan	烏鴉喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	臭喙