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戒酒

戒酒

Chinese

		swear off; warn against	wine; liquor; spirits
simp. and trad. (戒酒)		戒	酒

Verb

戒酒

(literary) to refrain from drinking alcohol

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jièjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ zau²
Min Nan (POJ): kài-chiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jièjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehjeou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai³ zau²
  - Yale: gaai jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ dzau²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-chiú
  - Tâi-lô: kài-tsiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaeciuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/