口吃

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
simp. and trad. (口吃)		口	吃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuchī, kǒují

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄔ, ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² gat¹, hau² hek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuchī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuchih
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻih¹
    • Yale: kǒu-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchy
    • Palladius: коучи (kouči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒují
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒují
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chi²
    • Yale: kǒu-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooujyi
    • Palladius: коуцзи (kouczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² gat¹, hau² hek³
    • Yale: háu gāt, háu hek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² gat⁷, hau² hek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² ged¹, heo² hég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ kɐt̚⁵/, /hɐu̯³⁵ hɛːk̚³/

Verb

口吃

1. to stammer; to stutter

Synonyms

• 吶吶／呐呐 (nènè)
• 期期艾艾 (qīqī'ài'ài)

Dialectal synonyms of 口吃 (“to stammer; to stutter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		謇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口吃
Mandarin	Beijing	磕巴
	Taiwan	口吃, 結巴
	Harbin	磕巴
	Yantai (Muping)	結巴, 磕巴
	Jinan	結巴, 磕巴
	Wanrong	可
	Xi'an	結
	Lanzhou	結
	Ürümqi	結巴
	Wuhan	結
	Chengdu	結巴
	Guiyang	結巴
	Xuzhou	結巴
	Yangzhou	結
	Nanjing	結巴
	Singapore	口吃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	漏口
	Hong Kong	漏口
Gan	Pingxiang	結巴
Hakka	Meixian	結舌仔, 重舌仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	結舌
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	結舌
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	結舌
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	結舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	結舌
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大舌
Jin	Taiyuan	磕巴
	Xinzhou	結咳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	結舌, 大舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	大舌口, 大舌, 重句, 重舌
	Quanzhou	大舌口, 大舌, 重句
	Zhangzhou	大舌鼓, 大舌, 重句
	Taipei	大舌
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	大舌
	Kaohsiung	大舌
	Yilan	大舌
	Changhua (Lukang)	大舌
	Taichung	大舌
	Tainan	大舌
	Hsinchu	大舌
	Kinmen	大舌口
	Penghu (Magong)	大舌, 重句
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大舌口
	Longyan	結舌
	Chaozhou	大舌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	講突話
Wu	Shanghai	吃嘴, 楞嘴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	楞嘴, 篤嘴
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	吃嘴
	Danyang	結巴
	Ningbo	吃舌頭
	Zhoushan	吃舌頭
	Wenzhou	大舌
	Jinhua	點舌, 點舌兒, 拆舌, 拆舌兒
Xiang	Changsha	結巴
	Loudi	𪘬