忌口

Chinese

		avoid as taboo; jealous	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (忌口)		忌	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: jì-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihkoou
    • Palladius: цзикоу (czikou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìkǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìkǒur
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jì-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihkooul
    • Palladius: цзикоур (czikour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei⁶ hau²
    • Yale: geih háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

忌口

1. to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 忌口 (“to avoid certain food (because of illness or other reasons)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		忌口
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	忌嘴
	Wanrong	忌嘴
	Xi'an	忌口
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	忌口
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	戒口
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	忌嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戒口
	Hong Kong	戒口
	Taishan	戒口
Gan	Nanchang	忌口
	Pingxiang	戒口
Hakka	Meixian	儉嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	戒口
Southern Min	Xiamen	忌喙, 禁喙, 噤喙
	Quanzhou	忌喙, 禁喙
	Zhangzhou	禁喙
	Tainan	禁喙, 忌喙, 噤喙
	Jieyang	噤, 噤喙
	Leizhou	忌喙
	Haikou	忌喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	忌口, 戒口
Wu	Shanghai	忌嘴
	Ningbo	忌嘴