守口如瓶
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Chinese[edit]
to guard | mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | as (if); such as | bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher | ||
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trad. (守口如瓶) | 守 | 口 | 如 | 瓶 | |
simp. #(守口如瓶) | 守 | 口 | 如 | 瓶 | |
Literally: “to shut one's mouth tight like a bottle.” |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sau2 hau2 jyu4 ping4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-kháu-jû-pân / siú-kháu-jî-pân
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǒukǒurúpíng
- Wade–Giles: shou3-kʻou3-ju2-pʻing2
- Yale: shǒu-kǒu-rú-píng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooukoourupyng
- Palladius: шоукоужупин (šoukoužupin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sau2 hau2 jyu4 ping4
- Yale: sáu háu yùh pìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau2 hau2 jy4 ping4
- Guangdong Romanization: seo2 heo2 yu4 ping4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kháu-jû-pân
- Tâi-lô: siú-kháu-jû-pân
- Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qawju'paan
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu²³⁻³³ pan²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kháu-jî-pân
- Tâi-lô: siú-kháu-jî-pân
- Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qawji'paan
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³⁻³³ pan²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom[edit]
守口如瓶
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