嘰咕

See also: 叽咕

Chinese

		grumble	an onomatopoeia
trad. (嘰咕)		嘰	咕
simp. (叽咕)		叽	咕
alternative forms		唧咕
anagram		咕嘰／咕叽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīgu, jīgū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄐㄧㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gi¹ gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīgu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ˙ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jigů
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-ku⁵
  - Yale: jī-gu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.gu
  - Palladius: цзигу (czigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ g̊u²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīgū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jigu
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-ku¹
  - Yale: jī-gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jigu
  - Palladius: цзигу (czigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gi¹ gu¹
  - Yale: gī gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gi¹ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gi¹ gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiː⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵/

Verb

嘰咕

to talk in a low voice; to whisper
to mutter; to mumble
to grumble; to mumble complaints
(of liquid) to drip; to squelch

Synonyms

咕嘰／咕叽 (gūji)

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