插口

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (插口)		插	口
simp. #(插口)		插	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chākǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhah-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chākǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chakǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: chā-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chakoou
    • Palladius: чакоу (čakou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ hau²
    • Yale: chaap háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahqao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰau⁵³/

Noun

插口

1. socket (for an electric plug)

Verb

插⫽口 (verb-object)

1. to interrupt; to cut in; to butt in; to chime in

Synonyms

• 儳言 (chànyán) (literary)
• 打岔 (dǎchà)
• 拍讒／拍谗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 接嘴 (jie² zui³) (Sichuanese)
• 插喙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 插喙插舌 (Hokkien)
• 插嘴 (chāzuǐ)
• 插話／插话 (chāhuà)
• 搭嘴 (dă-cṳ̌) (Northern Min)
• 破喙煞 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 破喙讒／破喙谗 (Xiamen Hokkien)

 

Related terms

• 插手 (chāshǒu)