呷醋

Chinese

		suck, swallow, drink	vinegar
trad. (呷醋)		呷	醋
simp. #(呷醋)		呷	醋
Literally: “to drink vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haap³ cou³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hap¹ tu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haap³ cou³
    • Yale: haap chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁸ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab³ cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚³ t͡sʰou̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hap¹ tu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hap̚³³ tʰu³³/

Verb

呷醋

1. (Cantonese, Southern Pinghua) to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)
   • 2012 April 17, “關楚耀床戲 苟芸慧緊張”, in 大公報 [Ta Kung Pao], page B12:

     片中他們都有親熱鏡頭，但三位男生都謂無須向女友備案，亦無懼女友呷醋。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     片中他们都有亲热镜头，但三位男生都谓无须向女友备案，亦无惧女友呷醋。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     pin^3-2 zung¹ taa¹ mun⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ can¹ jit⁶ geng³ tau⁴, daan⁶ saam¹ wai^6-2 naam⁴ sang¹ dou¹ wai⁶ mou⁴ seoi¹ hoeng³ neoi⁵ jau⁵ bei⁶ on³, jik⁶ mou⁴ geoi⁶ neoi⁵ jau⁵ haap³ cou³. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃醋 (“to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃醋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吃醋
	Singapore	吃醋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吃醋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吃醋
	Xining	吃醋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吃醋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	吃醋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呷醋
	Hong Kong	呷醋
	Taishan	呷醋
	Dongguan	呷醋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呷醋
Gan	Nanchang	吃醋
Hakka	Meixian	食醋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	食醋
Huizhou	Jixi	吃醋
Jin	Taiyuan	吃醋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	食醋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食醋
Southern Min	Xiamen	食醋
	Quanzhou	食醋
	Zhangzhou	食醋
	Taipei	食醋 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食醋
	Manila (Hokkien)	食醋
	Shantou	食醋
	Haikou	食醋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	呷醋, 吃醋
Wu	Shanghai	吃醋
	Suzhou	吃醋
	Ningbo	吃醋
	Jinhua	吃醋
Xiang	Loudi	吃醋
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)