吮骨

Chinese

		to suck	bone
trad. (吮骨)		吮	骨
simp. #(吮骨)		吮	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁵ gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔngǔ [Phonetic: shúngǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔngǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shun³-ku³
    • Yale: shwǔn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoenguu
    • Palladius: шуньгу (šunʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁵ gwat¹
    • Yale: syúhn gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁵ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁵ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn¹³ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Verb

吮骨

1. to eat a bone clean of meat

   中意食雞翼但唔識吮骨 [Cantonese, trad.]
   中意食鸡翼但唔识吮骨 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ gai¹ jik⁶ daan⁶ m⁴ sik¹ syun⁵ gwat¹ [Jyutping]

   likes chicken wings but is terrible at eating bones clean