烏鴉嘴

See also: 乌鸦嘴

Chinese

		crow; raven	mouth
trad. (烏鴉嘴)		烏鴉	嘴
simp. (乌鸦嘴)		乌鸦	嘴
Literally: “crow's beak”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wūyāzuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄚ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu¹ ya¹ zui³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ aa¹ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūyāzuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄚ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyazuěi
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-ya¹-tsui³
    • Yale: wū-yā-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uiatzoei
    • Palladius: уяцзуй (ujaczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wu¹ ya¹ zui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ujazui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu⁵⁵ ia⁵⁵ t͡suei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ aa¹ zeoi²
    • Yale: wū ā jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ aa¹ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ a¹ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ aː⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

烏鴉嘴

1. (figurative) boring person who constantly caws about disasters; vocal pessimist; doomsayer; croaker; jinx

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 烏鴉嘴 (“vocal pessimist; doomsayer; croaker”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏鴉嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烏鴉嘴
	Singapore	烏鴉嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	烏鴉嘴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	烏鴉口
Southern Min	Tainan	烏鴉喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	臭喙