閉口

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (閉口)		閉	口
simp. (闭口)		闭	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ hau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-kháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kʻou³
  - Yale: bì-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihkoou
  - Palladius: бикоу (bikou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai³ hau²
  - Yale: bai háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei³ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ hɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: pì-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pie'qao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰau⁴¹/

Verb

閉口

(literary) to close one's mouth
(literary) to remain tight-lipped; to keep mum

Antonyms

開口／开口 (kāikǒu)
張口／张口 (zhāngkǒu)

Derived terms

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