局縮

Chinese

		situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (局縮)		局	縮
simp. (局缩)		局	缩

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk⁶ suk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk⁶ suk¹
    • Yale: guhk sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁹ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug⁶ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚² sʊk̚⁵/

Adjective

局縮

1. (Cantonese) unsociable; sulky

   • 佢好局縮嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢好局缩嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1877, Donald Bruce, Easy Phrases in the Canton Dialect of the Chinese Language, Lesson 12

     keoi⁵ hou² guk⁶ suk¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

     He is very sulky.

2. (Cantonese, of a place) small; cramped