破喙

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	beak; to pant
simp. and trad. (破喙)		破	喙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-chhùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: phuà-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoarzhuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Verb

破喙

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to let slip a remark; to make a slip of the tongue

Synonyms

• 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)

Noun

破喙

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) person who has made an inauspicious remark

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	Quanzhou	破喙
	Tainan	烏鴉喙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	臭喙