嘴嚴

Chinese

		mouth	(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe
trad. (嘴嚴)		嘴	嚴
simp. (嘴严)		嘴	严

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǐyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi² jim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǐyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuěiyán
    • Wade–Giles: tsui³-yen²
    • Yale: dzwěi-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoeiyan
    • Palladius: цзуйянь (czujjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi² jim⁴
    • Yale: jéui yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey² jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu² yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³⁵ jiːm²¹/

Adjective

嘴嚴

1. tight-lipped; closemouthed

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 口密