繞口令

See also: 绕口令

Chinese

		hard to pronounce; tongue-twisting	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
trad. (繞口令)		繞口	令
simp. (绕口令)		绕口	令

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ràokǒulìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁵ hau² ling⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-kháu-lēng / liáu-khió-lēng / jiáu-kháu-lēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ràokǒulìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ràokǒulìng
    • Wade–Giles: jao⁴-kʻou³-ling⁴
    • Yale: ràu-kǒu-lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rawkooulinq
    • Palladius: жаокоулин (žaokoulin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ràokǒulìngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ràokǒulìngr
    • Wade–Giles: jao⁴-kʻou³-ling⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: ràu-kǒu-lìngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rawkooulienql
    • Palladius: жаокоулинр (žaokoulinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁵ hau² ling⁶
    • Yale: yíuh háu lihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁵ hau² ling⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁵ heo² ling⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ lɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-kháu-lēng
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-kháu-līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'qawleng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-khió-lēng
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-khió-līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'qioyleng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu-kháu-lēng
    • Tâi-lô: jiáu-kháu-līng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiaw'qawleng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²²/

Noun

繞口令

1. tongue-twister (Classifier: 篇 m; 句 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 繞口令 (“tongue-twister”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		繞口令, 拗口令
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	繞口令兒, 急口令兒, 拗口令兒
	Taiwan	繞口令
	Singapore	繞口令
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	急口令
Cantonese	Guangzhou	急口令
	Hong Kong	急口令
Gan	Lichuan	拗口令
Jin	Taiyuan	練子語
Southern Min	Xiamen	桀口話, 謔喙訣
	Taipei	盤喙錦 GT
Wu	Hangzhou	急口令
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)