口笛

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	flute
trad. (口笛)		口	笛
simp. #(口笛)		口	笛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒudí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒudí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒudí
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-ti²
    • Yale: kǒu-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooudyi
    • Palladius: коуди (koudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵/

Noun

口笛

1. (music) a very small Chinese flute made from bamboo

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	笛
くち Grade: 1	ふえ > ぶえ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くちぶえ [kùchíbúé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟t͡ɕibɯ̟e̞]

Noun

口(くち)笛(ぶえ) • (kuchibue) 

1. whistle with one's mouth

   口笛(くちぶえ)を吹(ふ)いている彼(かれ)は、機嫌(きげん)が良(よ)さそうだ。

   Kuchibue o fuiteiru kare wa, kigen ga yosasōda.

   That man, whistling his mouth, seems to be happy.