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桎梏

桎梏

Chinese

		fetters	braces (med.); fetters; manacles
simp. and trad. (桎梏)		桎	梏

Noun

桎梏

shackles; fetters and handcuffs

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhìgù

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ guk¹, zat¹ guk¹
Min Nan (POJ): chit-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhìgù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄍㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhguh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zat⁶ guk¹, zat¹ guk¹
  - Yale: jaht gūk, jāt gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ guk⁷, dzat⁷ guk⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚² kʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sɐt̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-kok
  - Tâi-lô: tsit-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: citkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/