嗤嗤嗆嗆

Chinese

		laugh at; jeer; scoff at laugh at; jeer; scoff at; sneer at	laugh at; jeer; scoff at laugh at; jeer; scoff at; sneer at	choke; pungent; against wind	choke; pungent; against wind
trad. (嗤嗤嗆嗆)		嗤	嗤	嗆	嗆
simp. (嗤嗤呛呛)		嗤	嗤	呛	呛

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi-chhi-chhn̍gh-chhn̍gh / chhi̍hⁿ-chhi̍hⁿ-chhn̍gh-chhn̍gh / chhi-chhi-chhn̍gh-chhn̍gh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-chhi-chhn̍gh-chhn̍gh
    • Tâi-lô: tshi-tshi-tshn̍gh-tshn̍gh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chichizhngqzhngh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍ʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi̍hⁿ-chhi̍hⁿ-chhn̍gh-chhn̍gh
    • Tâi-lô: tshi̍nnh-tshi̍nnh-tshn̍gh-tshn̍gh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviqchviqzhngqzhngh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰĩ(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰŋ̍(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-chhi-chhn̍gh-chhn̍gh
    • Tâi-lô: tshi-tshi-tshn̍gh-tshn̍gh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chichizhngqzhngh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍ʔ¹²¹/

Idiom

嗤嗤嗆嗆

1. (Southern Min) sound one makes when breathing with a clogged nose
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) murmuring; grumbling (done behind someone's back or in private)