酸溜溜

Chinese

		sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid	rolling; spinning; whirling rolling; spinning; whirling; flowing; dripping; progressing
trad. (酸溜溜)		酸	溜溜
simp. #(酸溜溜)		酸	溜溜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suānliūliū

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ lau⁶ lau⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): son¹ liu¹ liu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suānliūliū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suanliouliou
    • Wade–Giles: suan¹-liu¹-liu¹
    • Yale: swān-lyōu-lyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suanlhioulhiou
    • Palladius: суаньлюлю (suanʹljulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ lau⁶ lau⁶
    • Yale: syūn lauh lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ lau⁶ lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ leo⁶ leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ lɐu̯²² lɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: son¹ liu¹ liu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɔn⁴⁴ liu⁴⁴ liu⁴⁴/

Adjective

酸溜溜

1. (colloquial, expressive, of taste or smell) sour; acidy; vinegary
2. (colloquial, expressive, of the body) aching; sore
3. (colloquial, expressive, in one's mind) a bit envious or sad; jealous
4. (colloquial, expressive, of one's words or a writing) pedantic; bookish

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 酸溜溜 (“(expressive) sour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		酸溜溜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	酸溜溜, 酸不溜丟
	Taiwan	酸溜溜, 酸不溜丟
	Harbin	酸嘰溜, 酸溜, 酸不溜丟, 酸不嘰, 酸溜兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	酸溜溜, 酸不嚌兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	酸唧溜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	酸溜溜兒, 酸不溜秋, 酸幾幾
	Xi'an	酸溜溜兒, 酸不溜溜, 酸溜溜
	Xining	酸不唧唧
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	酸溜溜, 酸幾幾
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	酸嘰嘰
	Wuhan	酸嘰了, 酸嘰嘰
	Guiyang	酸咪咪, 酸基基, 酸糾糾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	酸濟濟
	Yangzhou	酸嘰嘰, 酸不拉蝦, 酸不拉嘰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	酸微微, 酸沊沊
	Hong Kong	酸微微, 酸沊沊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	酸微微
Hakka	Meixian	酸丟丟仔, 酸溜溜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	酸丟丟仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	酸丟丟仔, 酸丟丟, 酸溜溜仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	酸丟丟仔, 酸丟丟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	酸丟丟, 酸糾糾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	酸丟丟仔, 酸丟丟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	酸扭扭, 酸激激
	Hong Kong	酸丟丟
Huizhou	Jixi	酸支支
Southern Min	Xiamen	酸掬掬, 酸揪揪, 酸記記
	Shantou	酸酸尼
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	酸溜溜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	酸嗒嗒
Wu	Shanghai	酸尖尖, 酸滋滋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	酸味味, 酸蘸蘸
	Suzhou	酸溜溜
	Danyang	酸濟濟
	Hangzhou	酸嘰嘰
	Ningbo	酸滋滋, 酸丟丟
	Jinhua	酸哩哩, 酸奇奇