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呱呱叫

呱呱叫

Chinese

			to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order
simp. and trad. (呱呱叫)		呱呱	叫

Adjective

呱呱叫

(Mandarin) excellent; tip-top

Verb

呱呱叫

(Cantonese) to complain; to grumble; to gripe

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guāguājiào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄍㄨㄚㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ gwaa¹ giu³
Min Nan (POJ): koa-koa-kiò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāguājiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄍㄨㄚㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaguajiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹ gwaa¹ giu³
  - Yale: gwā gwā giu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ gwaa¹ giu³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː⁵⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵ kiːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-koa-kiò
  - Tâi-lô: kua-kua-kiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koa'koa'kioix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴⁻²² kiɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ kua³³ kiɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴⁻²² kiɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kio¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɤ²¹/