口訣

See also: 口诀

Chinese

FWOTD – 22 December 2019

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	farewell; secrets (of an art)
trad. (口訣)		口	訣
simp. (口诀)		口	诀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒujué

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² kyut³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiéu-kiet / khiéu-kiat
Eastern Min (BUC): kēu-giók
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-koat / khió-koat / khó͘-koat
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kheu-ciuq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒujué
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒujyué
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chüeh²
  - Yale: kǒu-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooujyue
  - Palladius: коуцзюэ (kouczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² kyut³
  - Yale: háu kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² kyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² küd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu-kiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu` gied`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ giad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹ ki̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu-kiat
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu` giad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ giad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹ ki̯at̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kēu-giók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛu³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)yɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-koat
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'koad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-koat
  - Tâi-lô: khió-kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'koad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-koat
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofkoad
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kheu-ciuq
  - MiniDict: kheu^去 ciuih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu-jyq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³³ t͡ɕyɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

口訣

(religion) orally transmitted esoteric teachings in Buddhism and Taoism
mnemonic chant; formula; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order, etc.)
英語語法口訣大全 [MSC, trad.]
英语语法口诀大全 [MSC, simp.]
yīngyǔ yǔfǎ kǒujué dàquán [Pinyin]
a comprehensive collection of English grammar mnemonics
- 總是學習呀學習，背口訣呀背口訣，都沒有出去玩的時間了。 [MSC, trad.]
  总是学习呀学习，背口诀呀背口诀，都没有出去玩的时间了。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2007, 關景峰, 《魔幻偵探所 3：薩爾茨堡吸血案》, page 10
  Zǒngshì xuéxí ya xuéxí, bèi kǒujué ya bèi kǒujué, dōu méiyǒu chūqù wán de shíjiān le. [Pinyin]
  It's always learning and memorizing mnemonics. There's never time to go out and play.
(historical) kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (口訣):

→ Japanese: 口訣(くけつ) (kuketsu)
→ Korean: 구결(口訣) (gugyeol)
→ Vietnamese: khẩu quyết (口訣)

Korean

Hanja in this term
口	訣

Noun

口訣 • (gugyeol) (hangeul 구결)

hanja form^? of 구결 (“kwukyel”)