O嘴

Chinese

			mouth
trad. (O嘴)		O	嘴
simp. #(O嘴)		O	嘴
Literally: “O-shaped mouth”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ zeoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou¹ zeoi²
    • Yale: ōu jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

O⫽嘴 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, informal) to be shocked; to be amazed; to be astounded; to open wide

Derived terms

• 見鬼勿O嘴，潛水怕屈機／见鬼勿O嘴，潜水怕屈机