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嘴硬

嘴硬

Chinese

		mouth	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
simp. and trad. (嘴硬)		嘴	硬

Adjective

嘴硬

reluctant to admit a mistake

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuǐyìng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi² ngaang⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chhùi-ngǐ / chhùi-ngī / chhùi-ngē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuǐyìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoeiyinq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ iŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi² ngaang⁶
  - Yale: jéui ngaahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey² ngaang⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵy̯³⁵ ŋɑːŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi-ngǐ
  - Tâi-lô: tshuì-ngǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ŋi²²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi-ngī
  - Tâi-lô: tshuì-ngī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuiengi
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ ŋi²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi-ngē
  - Tâi-lô: tshuì-ngē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuienge
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋe³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ ŋe²²/