瓶頸

See also: 瓶颈

Chinese

		bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher	neck
trad. (瓶頸)		瓶	頸
simp. (瓶颈)		瓶	颈

Etymology

Calque of English bottleneck.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ geng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-kèng / pân-kèng / pîn-kēng / pân-kún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-ching³
    • Yale: píng-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngjiing
    • Palladius: пинцзин (pinczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ geng²
    • Yale: pìhng géng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ geng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ géng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ kɛːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengkexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: pân-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pankexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-kēng
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-kīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinkeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân-kún
    • Tâi-lô: pân-kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pankuon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan²³⁻³³ kun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁵³/

Noun

瓶頸

1. (literal, figurative) bottleneck; (figurative) plateau

Synonyms

• (chiefly Cantonese) 樽頸／樽颈 (zeon1 geng2)
• (Zhangzhou Hokkien) 瓶仔頷／瓶仔颔