呷醋

Chinese

		suck, swallow, drink	vinegar
simp. and trad. (呷醋)		呷	醋
Literally: “to drink vinegar”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): haap³ cou³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haap³ cou³
  - Yale: haap chou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁸ tsou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hab³ cou³
  - IPA ^(key): /häːp̚³ t͡sʰou̯³³/

Adjective

呷醋

(Cantonese) jealous (usually of a rival in love)

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 吃醋 (chīcù)
(Min Nan) 食醋 (chia̍h-chhò͘)

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